Flame of War by Daniel Schinhofen

Author:Daniel Schinhofen [Schinhofen, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2020-07-06T20:00:00+00:00

Sean looked up when the door to the workshop opened. Ryann and Clara stood there, wearing bemused expressions. Giralt looked guilty as he got to his feet and turned to his wife.

“Yours is just as bad, it seems,” Clara sighed. “It is late afternoon, you two.”

“Sean, we should be getting home.” Ryann saw the contraption behind him and shook her head. “Does it work?”

“Yes,” Sean said. “We need to modify and streamline some things, but yes. I found an easy way to eliminate the water from the bathhouses and offer an extra bonus in doing so. The reservoir problem needs a bit more work, but this helped give me the nudge.”

Giralt nodded sagely. “I’ve done more work refining my runes today than I’ve done in the last hundred years. That latest iteration should last at least twice as long, and it’s half the size of the first one.”

Clara’s eyes twinkled. “You do seem excited tonight. Our guests need to go, though.”

“Of course,” Giralt said. “Sean, tomorrow?”

“Barring troubles,” Sean agreed.

“Oh, maybe you can talk to a few of the others to come with if you’re going to be back tomorrow,” Clara told Ryann. “It would be good to talk with people who aren’t obsessed with prestige.”

Ryann blushed lightly. “I’ll ask them.”

“Good. It was a pleasure having you both, and we’ll see you again soon,” Clara said. “See them out, then find me, husband.”

Giralt watched his wife go, and a broad smile filled his face. “Oh, yes. Of course, dear. Sean, it was a good day. Please follow me. I hate to rush you out, but—”

Sean chuckled, “Yeah, I understand.”

Ryann shook her head. “Men.”

“Let’s go see if the others have a solution to this morning’s problem,” Sean said, trying to spare Giralt.

Ryann gave him a smile as she took his hand on the way back to the front door. “I’m curious what happened, too.”

“Thank you for coming. See you tomorrow,” Giralt said, having escorted them all the way himself. Not waiting for further reply, the door shut firmly.

Sean chuckled, “How was your day?”

“Good. I learned that Clara is much like Fiona— she is driven to see her husband succeed.”

Sean smiled. “Aren’t you all?”

“Yes, but not like them. We all have our own drives.”

“Fair enough, Ry, fair enough.”

Sean looked back at the manor as they exited the gate.

“What?” Ryann asked.

“I like him,” Sean said softly. “He was stiff to start with, but as the day went on, he dove into the work as much as I did. Once we were both working all out, it reminded me of my father. The bouncing of ideas, the shoptalk... it just felt like that.”

Ryann kissed his cheek. “I’m glad you enjoyed yourself.”

“I did. Today was the easy stuff. We’re going to get to the harder things over the next few days. I wonder what he’ll think up, then.”

“No doubt he’s asking the same about you,” Ryann laughed.

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