Glass Houses (Crystals of Memory Book 6) by P.S. Power

Author:P.S. Power [Power, P.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orange Cat Publishing
Published: 2022-02-14T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter eleven

They traveled in several wagons, for half a day. It wasn’t as if they had vast amounts of objects with them, but Anders intended to purchase things for the trip, as they moved toward the port city. You could buy things there, but that was always more expensive. He thought it was because they knew that they were the last stop before you were trapped on the ocean. So, costly, at least for the sort of items he wanted, such as fresh and preserved food and barrels of wine, hard cider and other drinks.

That was what he told the others, at least. Salina glared at him for the first hours, as Lissa seemed concerned and a bit sad. Depak Sona was locked down and hard of aspect, at the same time. The drivers just did their work, not asking too many questions.

It was just them and Lethwin, who was nearly silent the whole time. At least that anyone could see.

The man was younger than Anders would have guessed, never having met the fellow before. He looked to be about twenty, and while a nice deep tan, the man was short, and slightly round through the face. His clothing was nice, but plain, showing he was from wealth, without it being special in particular. He was in deep red, with black boots. No one there even asked who he was, either knowing, or not caring, in particular.

Baret was in the same wagon as Anders, sitting in the very back. Being constantly held invisible to the minds of those they passed. It was work, doing that, holding the magic and mental state that allowed a person to remain unnoticed, while doing anything else of note. Anders had to do that however, so he didn’t seem constantly distracted. As time passed, it became harder. Much more than holding the same thing over himself would have been.

It was mind numbing, while also requiring he not let his guard down at any point.

“We should stop in town here, if we can? We need to get some provisions. I was thinking we could make an inn, if we can find an empty spot along the road?” His voice was soft. Youthful seeming.

That was due to the meditation he was doing, not fear or worry, but it worked for that as well. Salina turned and sneered at him. A thing he saw was clearly an act and overdone, even for her. Everything she’d done that day had been, which was a thing to work on, later. It could come up in the future, after all.

Depak nodded, riding ahead of him in the first wagon.

“Let’s do that? You aren’t wrong, the prices will be better down here, even with the rent on the wagons.”

He struggled to manage everything, since he had to get what they needed correctly, while hiding Baret. At the same time, he had to haggle at the various shops, to get the best price possible. It was too much for him to do all of that and to cover Baret at the same time.

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