Free The Divine Path (The Divine Series) by Allen J Johnston

thought might b e different?” Darcienna asked as her mind digested every possible clue.
    “Well, I was trying to call on more of the Divine to make a larger piece, but I can’t seem to draw in enough of the power.”
    “But, how would you know if you had drawn in more, if it always feels the same?”
    “Oh, I have channeled ten times that amount before?”
    “You have?”  Darcienna said as she stopped chewing, her eyes going wide.  “When?”
    “When I was fighting Morg,” Kade said as he watched her contemplate this information.
    “I think I may know what the issue is,” Darcienna said.
    “What then ?” Kade asked, eager to hear her discovery.
    “It’s not that you can’t draw on more of it, if I understand this correctly, it’s that you are not letting yourself draw on as much as you want.  I am guessing the block is in you.”
    “So…if I can remove the block, I should be able to call on more,” Kade said a bit more excited, seeing her point.  He looked at her, but she was not looking back with the enthusiasm he expected.  He narrowed his eyes and watched her, waiting for her to respond.  He could see there was more and started to get the same uncomfortable feeling he had when he last spoke with his father.  She sighed and slowly looked up at him.
    “Kade, the only time you have called on more is when you have been so enraged that you were beyond reason,” Darcien na said.  “If that is the only way, then…,” she started to say, but let the thought trail off.
    “Then I cannot do it,” Kade finished.  “I cannot channel that much power unless I can ensure I am in control.  I am starting to understand,” Kade said as he looked out over the lake.  Darcienna got the distinct impression that he was talking about something else completely.  She raised an eyebrow in question, but he waved it away.
    He stood with a sigh and walked over to the sack of books, looking down on them without really seeing them.  After a few seconds, he shook his head slightly to dismiss his thoughts and returned to the fire with the sack.  He laid on the ground and put his head on the books.  He stared into the fire as he mulled over what Darcienna had said.  More of the puzzle came together, and he was not liking what he was seeing.
    “How can you just go to sleep when Morg could ambush us ?” Darcienna asked, still sitting in the same spot.
    “You weren’t worried last night.  How come all the worry now?” Kade asked as he rolled onto his back and looked up at her.
    “Last night I was too tired to think straight, and we had a little too much to drink, don’t you think?”
    “You did not seem to worry during the day,” Kade said, as he watched her.
    “That is because we were all awake,” Darcienna said, exasperated.  “No matter what Morg does, I don’t think he can kill us that easily.  I can sense if he is going to try, and the dragon can deal with almost anything he sends.  And your callings are formidable.  But, if we are asleep, he could sneak right up on us,” she said as if he were a child.
    “You would not wake up ?” Kade asked in shock, ignoring her condescending tone.  “You would sleep right through the warning?”
    “I am not sure it works while I am asleep,” Darcienna said grimly.  “And, I do not want to find out the hard way.”
    “Well, I am sure that Rayden would sense if someone got close,” Kade said as he leaned on his elbow and looked over at the dragon.  
    Rayden was out completely.  Darcienna got up and walked over to the dragon.  She shoved Rayden and stepped back.  His eyelids fluttered slightly, his breathing faltered just barely, and then he returned back to his rhythmic breathing.  Darcienna gave Kade a look, and he held up his hands in surrender.
    “What do you want to do?  Take turns staying awake?” Kade asked, dearly wanting to relax and close his eyes.
    “No.  Don’t you have any callings you can use to warn us if someone comes