Holmberg, D.K [Dark Sorcerer 01] Festival of Mourn by D.K. Holmberg

Author:D.K. Holmberg
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2021-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

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JAYNA GLANCED up at the bright sunlight shining down on them as they made their way along the street. The air wasn’t as humid as it had been, though it still weighed upon her. Her head pounded, and she’d had to use magic to clear it.

How did Eva drink the way she did every day?

Morning had come too early for her. Jayna was exhausted, and she kept waking up through the night, fearing that the Society would come for her, but there had been nothing. After leaving Char the way she had, she half expected that he would've sent them after her. She had protective spells around the home, but she suspected that any full-fledged sorcerer would have little difficulty penetrating them. Eva had done what she could to protect the home as well, but how long would it have taken for a sorcerer to through?

And she had used Char.

She hadn't seen her closest friend for a year. So much had changed for her in that year. But it had changed for him as well. Char was still the studious man she'd met when she had first come to the Academy, and he was filled with the same strong belief of right and wrong. There was something appealing about that normalcy. It had been a long time since she'd known anything quite like it.

And then she had to go and treat him the way she had.

Jayna glanced over to Eva. Despite how much wine she drank, she looked no differently than she ever did in the mornings. Her pale yellow dress caught the sunlight, almost as if she'd chosen it because of the sunny day. She moved quickly through the streets as she guided Jayna.

She had shared with Eva what she had learned of Asymorn, and Eva had fallen silent. Jayna didn't know if it was fear—which she understood, as Eva struggled with memories she could not recall—or if there was another reason.

Silence had stretched between them, and Jayna wanted nothing more than to break it. “Are you sure this is the direction?”

Eva glanced back at her, wrinkling her face in an irritated frown. “There's only one place in the city I could find fairy fingers. All we have to do is scout. We can go back afterward.”

They were in a section of the city that Jayna didn’t know all that well. The buildings were all rundown, with pale gray walls of stone, the same thick layer of moss across them. It was an older part of the city. Most of the stone buildings were small, compact, and those with storefronts had wooden awnings hanging over them that seemed overly large. Some had posts set up in front with signs on them, but most had only a symbol or sigil painted on the door. Jayna studied most of those markings, trying to figure out just where Eva was guiding her, but she hadn’t been able to ascertain anything.

“How did you find this place?”

Eva glanced over to her. “You remember Master Nev from the tavern when you were shot.

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