Deadly Maiden: A Fantasy Romance (Dragons and Darkthings Book 1) by Cari Silverwood

Author:Cari Silverwood [Silverwood, Cari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cari Silverwood
Published: 2025-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Day Three

The next day, after I’ve done more poring over old manuscripts and tattered books with stained pages, we return to the goblin statue and find Andacc waiting for us.

He’s disguised, but badly, as a gardener. The staff would know the difference? A straw hat, gloves, a shovel, and rather messed-up clothes with tears at the knees. He leans on the shovel as if about to start a casual chat with us.

“You might want to sit.” He lifts a finger from the shovel to point at the bench. “I’d like to chat about details.”

I sit and tug at Rorsyd’s pants, and he joins me.

“The rooms? It’s simple as I said. I used a different name from when I was employed as an enforcer. I have used a few over the years, not just Rorsyd. I need to know if anyone is looking for me there, or can I move us into it and be safe?”

“Okay. I can do this for you. Give me a few days. As for safe? The future is never certain.”

“Of course.”

“And your request, Miss W. You want to send a letter to Thander who is the golem master of Bollingham, and ask him to relay letters to your father? And one to Wenway and this Saphora?” I nod at that. “Also, can you both choose some names we can all use out loud?”

“Cassandra can be mine.”

Rorsyd puffs out his lips. “Make me Stanton.”

“Okay.” Andacc eyes the sky, and his lips move as he repeats and memorizes those. “So in summary. Yes, Stanton, we will watch the rooms. We can probably get the letter to Wenway, though it might be weeks before you get a reply. The other is a little riskier, maybe. The AS will have the towns of Bollingham and Darsum on a list, I suspect, Cassandra. But it can be done. This Thander Munk will get frequent mail. Write a letter he can pass on immediately. I assume he’s going to agree to this?”

“I think so.” If he refuses, I’ll have to sneak into Darsum. “I did, in fact, write one already. In case.” I smile at Andacc, and he touches his hat then takes the folded letter I dig from my pocket.

“Well thought then. Anything else?”

“Still no payment required?” Rorsyd kinks up an eyebrow. “And we can use this killer drop again?”

“The payment, as I said, is in cultivating your trust and maybe your friendship. We hope to move on him, soon and to free him.”

“That sounds impossible. With or without our help.”

Knowing Rorsyd and what he keeps saying, he does not want us to be involved.

“What if he is insane, Andacc?” I venture. “He’s endured cruel torture, daily, for twenty years.”

He grimaces, kicks the shovel into the lawn he poised it on, screws it about. “I know. I know. My stomach spews acid whenever I think on that. We pray for him. Freeing him from that interminable torture will be a reward in itself.”

Rorsyd nods. I try not to look too skeptical.

This is when the strange foreboding arrives for a second time.

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