A Land of Glass and Fire (Haymaker Adventures Book 4) by Sam Ferguson

Author:Sam Ferguson [Ferguson, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragon Scale Publishing
Published: 2018-07-29T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

The next morning, Morgan stood outside Master Ingbrethsen’s office tapping her middle finger against her thumb while staring at his door. She took in a deep breath and reached out to grab the knob, then the door swung open and Orin Ingbrethsen stood in the doorway.

“Morgan, is there something I can help you with?”

Caught off guard, she hesitated for just a moment but recovered quickly. “Master Ingbrethsen, I want to—”

“No,” Orin said, cutting her off.

“Excuse me?”

Orin smiled and stepped back, making room for Morgan to pass through the doorway and into his office. “You were going to ask to come along, and I am saying no.” Orin closed the door and followed in after her, but Morgan wasn’t going to make this easy on him.

“Why not?”

“Because, Morgan, I am responsible for your well-being while you are my assistant inquisitor. I can’t have you in harm’s way.”

“Orin, did I ever tell you why I wanted to become an inquisitor in the first place?” Morgan asked, hoping a different angle of attack might soften him up a bit.

Orin shook his head. “Why does anyone become an inquisitor?” he asked. “Either they love the law, or they love power, or both.”

Morgan grinned and gave a relenting nod. “Sure, but do you know how I came to love the law?”

Orin sighed. “No, but I am sure you are about to tell me.”

Morgan slapped her hands together and brought them up to her face for a moment, not entirely sure she should divulge this next bit of information, but she needed to make him listen. “My older brother went off to war when I was only ten,” she began.

“Yes, most young men did,” Orin commented wryly.

“But before he left, he and I used to sneak off into the archives where our father worked. We devoured the legal annals and he showed me how important the law is. Without law, there is chaos, ruin, and injustice.”

“Having a law doesn’t force others to keep it,” Orin pointed out.

Morgan pointed a finger at Orin. “That’s exactly what I told him the first time he went off gushing about the finer points of the law and how it made us more civilized, but that’s when he told me that an inquisitor makes sure people do keep the law, and that those who don’t receive their just punishments.”

“So does a magistrate,” Orin cut in.

“But an inquisitor deals with matters pertaining to the military, making them the overseers of the most powerful people in the kingdom. A magistrate deals with all sorts of crime, but soldiers are given a special trust and office. You see, my brother wanted so desperately to become an inquisitor, he worked hard to finish the requirements for his apprenticeship. He even had me working alongside him. It fostered in me a love for the law unlike anything else.” Morgan stopped and her smile faded as she thought of her brother then. “He was taken to war before he could reach journeyman, and he never came back.

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