Red Mage by Cleave Bourbon

Author:Cleave Bourbon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vampires, witches, wizards, fantasy, dark fantasy, magic, female protagonist, strong female protagonist, top fantasy series, good fantasy series, teen fantasy series, sword and sorcery fantasy, coming of age adventure, magic users, dark fantasy books, dark fantasy fiction
Publisher: Shadesilver Publishing
Published: 2023-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15: Down

What Ephaltus lacked as a host, he made up for in preparedness. The old wizard set Hana and Thessa up with enough food and water to make the journey to Adendalind twice over, yet the burden of the pack was minimal.

Angry at being stuck as the Red Mage, Hana didn’t say much the first day of travel. She did, however, make it clear through her constant mumbling that she was extremely upset. When they made camp for the night at the edge of the forest, Thessa spent her time away gathering firewood and generally avoiding her, which Hana noticed. Finally, after the fire was going and the late meal was cooking in the solitary pot the two owned, Thessa joined her by sitting on a fallen log she had dragged up near the fire.

“I mean no offense, but are you going to continue to brood the entire way? What are you the most upset about? Being the Red Mage or having to abandon going after the Sephera children for a time?”

Hana rubbed the itch from her left eye. “No, to answer your first question, I am not going to continue to brood. As far as your second point, if I can’t get rid of this burden, I will become the best Red Mage this world has ever seen. It does me no good to lament. I have to train, master these magical abilities, and win the tournament, or some other silly mage will. I’ll not be the weak one who goes down first.”

Thessa nodded. “Then I will help you in any way I can.”

“As far as the Sephera children, I’m fairly certain Sarren was behind the trouble in Vestia. It pains me to say it, but he has already sealed their fate, I’m afraid.”

“You think so? You don’t think that’s a bit heartless of you?”

“Well, of course it’s heartless! What in the two hells do you expect? You and me against the world?”

“No, just you and me against Sarren,” Thessa answered.

“Because that worked out so well for us already. By all means, let’s keep fighting him unprepared. Perhaps if we do it enough, we’ll get lucky.”

“No need for the sarcasm.”

“No, I think the best course of action for us at the moment is to go to this Red Mage and train. Once I know more about what I can do, we can find the Sephera children, even if I have to turn them back as I did you. Surely this old mage will know how I did it. I may even learn how to turn you more completely.”

“I told you, I don’t want to change the way I am now. There are some advantages to being the way I am.”

“I remembered. I thought you may want a normal life after all this is over. You know, maybe get married and have children of your own. There will be a day when all this comes to an end, and when that happens, do you still want to be the way you are now?”

“I don’t know.

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