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.They will shy from manifesting where they might be noticed.“You know something dark is coming,” she said.“Is it your kin.from what you sensed in the cavern? Are they behind all of this?”He had no answer.No.something more, beyond them.And I have made other.arrangements, which I hope will come through, in the interest of your well-being.He cared for Leesil and Magiere—they were his charges and deeply woven into the path he followed.But Wynn was the only one to whom he could “talk.” Before her, he had never understood how much such a companion could mean.Chap laid his head in her lap.Almost instantly, Wynn flopped heavily atop him.Even over the ruckus, Chap could hear her snore.Long past midnight, Leesil lay in the warmth of their upstairs bedroom, holding Magiere against his chest.“A good day,” he whispered.“The best,” she agreed.“Right before the ceremony, I panicked a little.But everything was perfect.I’m glad we waited to come home for this.”He tightened his hold on her.He didn’t want to say more, but it finally slipped out.“You know we can’t stay.”She was quiet for a moment.“I know.We can’t give the orb to the sages.We can’t risk Most Aged Father’s anmaglâhk coming for it.here or in Bela.”“I’ve thought about that, too,” Leesil answered.Magiere pulled away and propped up on one elbow.The last remnants of white lilacs still clung in her black hair.“So now what? I’m not giving up on our life here.”Leesil shook his head.“Me either.I overheard Tilswith talk about getting Wynn’s texts to his guild’s home, but he also mentioned plans for the new guild branch in Bela.I don’t think he’s going to deliver the texts himself.”“You think he’s sending Wynn back?”Leesil shrugged.“We’ll find out in the morning, but getting the orb off this continent would go a long way to masking our trail, wherever we end up.”“We’ll have to catch a ship out of Bela,” Magiere added with a sigh.Leesil nearly groaned at the notion of more seafaring.“I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of home lately.”“And?”“Home is just wherever you are.”Magiere rose on her hands and knees, like some pale predator next to him, and looked him right in the eyes.“No, it’s right here.where we want it!” She leaned so close that Leesil felt her breath on his mouth.“But it’ll have to wait.again.”Magiere pressed her mouth hard over his.Nine days later, Wynn stood beside Osha on the south end of Bela’s vast docks, and they watched the variety of ships throughout the harbor.They had all taken a schooner from Miiska to the king’s city, but Magiere, Leesil, and Chap had stayed behind at their inn.Osha was going home, but not by any of the ships in the bay.Wynn had asked few questions, and he only told her what he’d heard from Sgäile.Most Aged Father would have the nearest elven ship come, and Sgäile and Osha were to watch for it.Far out off the harbor’s northern point, the glint of silken sails sprouted high above the waters.It was larger than any elven ship Wynn had ever seen, especially the one that had carried her south and died for it.Somewhere out near the woods of the northern point, a skiff and crew would be waiting for Osha.Wynn could not bear to say good-bye at the inn and just let him leave, so she had come down to the shore with him, but this was hardly easier.Gray-green hood up covering his head, she could still see his large slanted eyes, anxious and desperate.He did not wish to go, and yet he longed for his homeland.Perhaps Osha feared what waited there, or hated it and was all the more eager to face it.His innocence had died with his teacher.But Wynn needed him to do one more thing when he got there.She pulled out a small paper-wrapped package and held it out.He looked down at it, and before he could ask, she was explaining.“When you reach home, find Brot’an and give him this.to him and no one else.”Osha’s eyes widened.Wynn had stayed up half the night in the inn, writing the small journal wrapped in that paper.It contained everything she had learned or guessed concerning what had happened on their journey.“Do not let anyone else see this,” she warned.“If you cannot reach Brot’an, then take it to Nein’a and Gleann, as I think they may know how to find him.But never let it fall into anyone else’s hands.even if you have to destroy it before you find Brot’an.”Osha slowly took the package, and Wynn understood his reluctance.What she asked leaned hard against his oath to his caste.She only hoped he had learned enough from Sgäile, his teacher [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.They will shy from manifesting where they might be noticed.“You know something dark is coming,” she said.“Is it your kin.from what you sensed in the cavern? Are they behind all of this?”He had no answer.No.something more, beyond them.And I have made other.arrangements, which I hope will come through, in the interest of your well-being.He cared for Leesil and Magiere—they were his charges and deeply woven into the path he followed.But Wynn was the only one to whom he could “talk.” Before her, he had never understood how much such a companion could mean.Chap laid his head in her lap.Almost instantly, Wynn flopped heavily atop him.Even over the ruckus, Chap could hear her snore.Long past midnight, Leesil lay in the warmth of their upstairs bedroom, holding Magiere against his chest.“A good day,” he whispered.“The best,” she agreed.“Right before the ceremony, I panicked a little.But everything was perfect.I’m glad we waited to come home for this.”He tightened his hold on her.He didn’t want to say more, but it finally slipped out.“You know we can’t stay.”She was quiet for a moment.“I know.We can’t give the orb to the sages.We can’t risk Most Aged Father’s anmaglâhk coming for it.here or in Bela.”“I’ve thought about that, too,” Leesil answered.Magiere pulled away and propped up on one elbow.The last remnants of white lilacs still clung in her black hair.“So now what? I’m not giving up on our life here.”Leesil shook his head.“Me either.I overheard Tilswith talk about getting Wynn’s texts to his guild’s home, but he also mentioned plans for the new guild branch in Bela.I don’t think he’s going to deliver the texts himself.”“You think he’s sending Wynn back?”Leesil shrugged.“We’ll find out in the morning, but getting the orb off this continent would go a long way to masking our trail, wherever we end up.”“We’ll have to catch a ship out of Bela,” Magiere added with a sigh.Leesil nearly groaned at the notion of more seafaring.“I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of home lately.”“And?”“Home is just wherever you are.”Magiere rose on her hands and knees, like some pale predator next to him, and looked him right in the eyes.“No, it’s right here.where we want it!” She leaned so close that Leesil felt her breath on his mouth.“But it’ll have to wait.again.”Magiere pressed her mouth hard over his.Nine days later, Wynn stood beside Osha on the south end of Bela’s vast docks, and they watched the variety of ships throughout the harbor.They had all taken a schooner from Miiska to the king’s city, but Magiere, Leesil, and Chap had stayed behind at their inn.Osha was going home, but not by any of the ships in the bay.Wynn had asked few questions, and he only told her what he’d heard from Sgäile.Most Aged Father would have the nearest elven ship come, and Sgäile and Osha were to watch for it.Far out off the harbor’s northern point, the glint of silken sails sprouted high above the waters.It was larger than any elven ship Wynn had ever seen, especially the one that had carried her south and died for it.Somewhere out near the woods of the northern point, a skiff and crew would be waiting for Osha.Wynn could not bear to say good-bye at the inn and just let him leave, so she had come down to the shore with him, but this was hardly easier.Gray-green hood up covering his head, she could still see his large slanted eyes, anxious and desperate.He did not wish to go, and yet he longed for his homeland.Perhaps Osha feared what waited there, or hated it and was all the more eager to face it.His innocence had died with his teacher.But Wynn needed him to do one more thing when he got there.She pulled out a small paper-wrapped package and held it out.He looked down at it, and before he could ask, she was explaining.“When you reach home, find Brot’an and give him this.to him and no one else.”Osha’s eyes widened.Wynn had stayed up half the night in the inn, writing the small journal wrapped in that paper.It contained everything she had learned or guessed concerning what had happened on their journey.“Do not let anyone else see this,” she warned.“If you cannot reach Brot’an, then take it to Nein’a and Gleann, as I think they may know how to find him.But never let it fall into anyone else’s hands.even if you have to destroy it before you find Brot’an.”Osha slowly took the package, and Wynn understood his reluctance.What she asked leaned hard against his oath to his caste.She only hoped he had learned enough from Sgäile, his teacher [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]