Cast in Secret (html, jpg) by Michelle Sagara - Cast 03

Author:Michelle Sagara - Cast 03 [Sagara , Michelle M - Cast 03]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-09-30T00:50:27+00:00

Darkness descended.

Even the pendant, which had glowed so brightly when she had first laid eyes on it, was now a part of the dark, dusty room. Well, the dark room, at any rate; the dust had kind of scattered like a routed army. With the light went all of her energy, all sense of certainty, all power.

She dropped to her knees, and by some kindness of fate managed to put her hands in front of her face before her face hit the ground.

CHAPTER 12

When she woke, she rolled out of bed.

She hadn't intended to – but in her flat, the wall would have stopped her. Which meant, she thought, as she lifted herself off the floor, she wasn't at home. She couldn't be; the floor was softer than her bed, and it was a deep, rich blue. Carpet. She pushed herself off the ground.

"I was beginning to wonder if you would ever wake," a familiar voice said.

"I wish I hadn't." But she teetered to her feet, and sat heavily on the side of the bed she'd accidentally deserted.

Tiamaris was standing some distance away, his hands behind his back. The room came into focus around him, but then again, he had always had a habit of filling a room. Even when it was crowded and full of other people. He had changed his clothing. It matched the carpet, which was a bit hard on the eyes.

"I'm still at the palace."

"Observant as always."

She made a face.

"I took the liberty of sending word to Sergeant Kassan. Or rather, of having word sent."

"What? What word?"

"You have been sleeping for almost a day," he replied. "And while being late is something the Hawks expect, I believe he knew where you were going."

"What did he say?"

"Something about your pay."

She groaned.

"Lord Sanabalis apologizes for his absence," he added, "and I was given permission to attend you. A physician was brought – an Imperial Physician – to examine you. We told him you were drunk," he added.

"And he didn't ask about the lack of anything alcoholic?"

"He's not paid to ask questions, Kaylin. Merely to answer them."

"What did you ask him?"

"If you were going to survive. He said yes."

It was hard to tell, with Dragons, whether or not they were joking.

"The room – "

"Stay still. Lord Sanabalis took the responsibility for explaining the disturbance to the Arkon. I believe they are still conversing. And before you ask, yes, there is some difficulty. The Arkon would probably prefer that you take the place of the skeleton which no longer exists."

"No longer – "

"I believe a very fine layer of bone ash is mixed with the settling dust."

"What – what happened?"

The Dragon raised a dark brow. "You don't remember?"

"I remember what I saw. But I want to know what you saw."

"A fair question. Let us just say that we saw the skeleton rise to its feet. We heard it speak, and we know what it said. What you said was... harder for us to understand."

"I did speak."

"You spoke," he said, "with the voice of history.

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