Changing Faces by Sarah Lin

Author:Sarah Lin [Lin, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

[Affection -5!

Danniah Affection: 84/100]

"Asinine boxes!"

Chapter 15

Just in case some of his confusion was due to the limitations of a living body, Bloodwraith ate a full meal and spent a period of time training. He felt somewhat better, but no more certain about what he should do next. Tired of thoughts of drama, he headed out into Cresthaven to find direct answers.

It took him some time prowling the street of herbalists, but eventually he found Meara. She was doing mundane work in another woman's stall, her eyes staring blankly across the street. Judging from her rumpled and stained cloak, she might not have changed clothes since the last time he'd seen her. Something of the life she had displayed before had gone from her, but when he drew close, she slowly looked up at him.

"Hello, adventurer."

"Peasant girl. Come here, we need to talk." He grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the stall. The owner started to object, then saw how large the sword he was carrying was and shut up. Meara just fixed him with a bitter look.

"Going to finish what you stopped earlier?"

"Shut up and follow me." She didn't struggle, obediently going with him as they headed down the street. Bloodwraith checked thoroughly for anyone tailing them, which was difficult in the crowded market, but it seemed like they attracted little attention.

It wasn't far to the main gate, so he took Meara straight out of the city. Only once they were completely alone, with craggy rocks in between them and the city itself, did he allow himself to breathe normally. Meara simply stood there, staring at him without expression. When he didn't speak immediately, trying to collect his thoughts, she finally spoke again.

"Just tell me what you want. I'll give it to you, if you promise to kill me."

Bloodwraith had been planning to start by talking about her potion, but that threw him off. "Kill you? Why?"

"I don't care about the risk of coming back anymore - what I went through in the Forest of Beginnings broke me. I can't go back to a normal life, can't forget that beings can just toy with our world. Even activities like making potions aren't fun anymore - when I think about them at all, they just... break apart. I want to die, but I haven't been able to make myself do it." Her eyes met his flatly. "Please, have mercy. I'll do literally anything for you, just..."

"No!" Bloodwraith grabbed the front of her robe and lifted her into the air until her eyes were level with his. "Stop acting like a miserable peasant wench!"

His outburst provoked only a slight twitch of her lips. "And why should I do that?"

"Because incomprehensible beings from beyond our world have reached into ours and fashioned it into a game for their own kind. And you might be the only person in the world who will believe me."

"Huh." Meara stared at him for a long time, then closed her eyes. "You can set me down now.

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