Flame of Ruin by Sabrina Flynn

Author:Sabrina Flynn [Flynn, Sabrina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781955207232
Publisher: Ink & Sea Publishing

“I think I’m winning her over.” Oenghus chuckled, but Marsais didn’t share his amusement. “So this friend of yours—someone I know?”

“Have I ever mentioned Saavedra?”

Oenghus plucked his pipe from his lips. “What the Void!”

Marsais quickly wove an Orb of Silence, cutting off his bellow. “I’ll take that as a yes.”

“You are insane.”

“Was that ever in question, Oen?”

“Didn’t she try to kill you?”

“Hmm, kill is such a permanent word.”

“Are you going to bloody warn the paladins?”

“I did,” Marsais defended. “In a roundabout way.”

“What aren’t you telling me?”

Marsais pinned Oenghus with a steely gaze that made him feel like a mouse. His fingers twitched in thought, and at last, they stilled when he came to a decision.

“I need you to trust me.”

“You know I’ve never given a copper’s worth of muck about your visions, but it’d be nice to have a clearer picture of what you plan, and what to expect.”

Marsais pressed the tips of his fingers against his temple. “How many times have I explained my visions to you? My presence alone makes you privy to things that you would otherwise be in the dark about. Tharios and his plans, for example.”

“But you want me to trust you. You always expect me to follow you blindly. I don’t follow anyone blindly.”

“What would you do if I weren’t here?”

Oenghus opened up his mouth, paused, then clicked it shut. “Wait for Isiilde to heal.”

Marsais spread his hands.

“But it’s not just me you’re dragging around this time.”

“I know, Oen.” His voice was quiet and full of ache. “I’m well aware of that, but we can’t leave the realms to this. A wise man once said that we cannot hide from our Fate. Isiilde must choose hers in the end.”

Oenghus glared. “I hate it when you quote yourself. Answer me this.” He jabbed the stem of his pipe at his old master. “You knew the golems were after us, didn’t you? That’s why you ruined our only route of retreat.”

“Logic told me something was after us, yes. But I’m blind to constructs—Time holds no sway over golems.”

“But you weren’t blind to the men at the camp.”

Marsais looked sharply at Oenghus, hearing the words he did not say. “I admit, it was a risk letting you scout the village. But I did not foresee her… brush with death. I never know what she’ll do, which is why we must remain here.”

“For how long?”

“Long enough for her to calm down, and learn control.”

“What do you think we’ve been trying to do for the past eighteen years?”

“I wasn’t bonded to her then.”

Oenghus clenched his fists. “Don’t you dare bind her.”

The focus of his seething rage blinked.

“Blast it!” Marsais barked. “Is your opinion of me so low? I would be no better than Stievin if I used our bond to control her.” He abruptly turned his back on Oenghus.

“Look here, Scarecrow. Of course I have a low opinion of you, but I didn’t mean—”

Marsais raised his hand, demanding silence. “Control,” he murmured at length.

“Aye, it’s bloody obvious. She has none.

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