Magefall (The Kingfall Histories Book 3) by David Estes

Author:David Estes [Estes, David]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2021-09-14T00:00:00+00:00

“Quill! Quill!” The shouting of his name was accompanied by hands gripping his robe and shaking him. As his eyes fluttered open, Rondo’s face gradually replaced the memory that had dragged him into the iron box buried deep inside the chasm he’d used to hide it all those years ago as a young, naïve lad of only five name days old.

“I’m…okay,” he managed to say, his lips feeling like they’d been exposed to the sun for too long.

“What happened? We were talking and then you curled up in a ball and started shaking.”

“How long?”

“A few seconds? Maybe ten at the most.”

Gods. It felt as though he’d been trapped in the long-forgotten memory for ages. “I’m fine now.”

“I’m glad, but…” Rondo hesitated, taking a deep breath before continuing. “Your teeth were chattering, but I could understand what you were saying.”

“I spoke?”

“Yes. You said two words: my father.”

Quill looked away from his friend. Ever since he was six and he’d used magic to create fire, he’d believed that was the first time he’d performed magic and that the man who’d been on the receiving end had been his real father. Void, he’d told as much to Rondo a few years after their friendship had begun and he knew he could trust him to secrecy. Now he knew, or at least remembered, the truth—that he’d first used magic a year earlier to cut out the memories of his real father, the stranger. And he’d done it to his mother.

“Quill?”

“Please don’t ask,” Quill said. “I’m not ready to talk about it.”

There was concern in Rondo’s eyes. The concern of the only true friend he’d ever had. “Okay,” his friend said. “As long as you’re alright?”

“I am. I think. Or at least I will be. I know what I have to do.”

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