Dragon's Mage by Honor Raconteur

Author:Honor Raconteur [Raconteur, Honor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen: Plan C

Helen called us early the next morning, almost before we could finish breakfast, requesting a ride for the last leg of the trip. She had apparently gone south first, grabbing our expert from the Sojavel Ra Institute and then riding up the Semanai River with him in tow. Of course, a Water Mage had to have water to travel, and she could only go as far as the source of the river, which ended halfway through Warwick.

Trev’nor and Cora went by earth path to Warwick to get them, and they were back by the time I’d cleaned up the breakfast dishes, saddled Kaya, and reported to Mari. In fact, those four met me at her office, looking rather the worse for wear. Helen must have been pushing herself hard to make the time that she did, and it showed in the bags under her eyes and the rumpled state of her clothes and hair. Usually every blonde hair would be in place, her blue robes lying in pristine lines, but now she just looked like she had slept in her clothes and only tugged her hair into a very unruly bun.

The man with her didn’t look any better. When he stepped through the door, my first uncharitable impression was of a doddering toad. Balding head, bulbous nose, fat lips, portly frame, and his black wizard robes so wet that he actually dripped on the floor. Then again, unlike Helen, he didn’t have any protection against the water falling relentlessly overhead.

I didn’t really care what either of them looked like. Relieved to see them, I greeted them both with a quick bow. “Helen, thanks for coming.”

She gave me a wan smile in return and gestured to the man at her side. “This is Wizard Kogan Harlet. He’s an authority on several different dead languages but his specialty lies in ancient machines. He’s volunteered to help us.”

“Not sure how much help I can be,” he admitted, voice raspy but strong. “It might take me a few weeks or months to figure those towers out. But I’ll give it my best shot.”

“We’re glad to see you, sir,” I assured him. “Let me take you straight up so that you can see it for yourself.”

“Ahhh…” he looked out the window at the tower. “By up, you mean the writing on the tower you mentioned is at the very top?”

“Yes, sir. There’s a patio area on the back edge of the roof.”

He looked a little green. “I don’t do well with heights, you see. But you’ve seen this yourself, have you?”

“I was the one sent to investigate it,” I admitted. “But I didn’t focus much on the writing,” I said apologetically, guessing why he asked the question. If he thought he could study everything up there from a memory crystal, it wouldn’t work. “Any memory you retrieve from me won’t have much information.”

Kogan let out a resigned sigh. “In that case, I’ll go up. I probably won’t stay up there long, though. Hard to concentrate up there.

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