Regret's Shadow (Sins of Earth Trilogy) by Cram Jefferson

Author:Cram, Jefferson [Cram, Jefferson]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Published: 2013-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The journey from the temple to Galloway was to take roughly two weeks. First they had passed through Akilo, and while Dramus secretly hoped for a glimpse of Gwyneth as they rode through town, another part of him was glad that by the time they’d passed through, he hadn’t seen her.

He felt guilty for leaving without talking to her, but there was nothing for it. He could only hope that he could explain things to her when he returned, perhaps with a gift from the port town? The thought had made him smile.

That had been three days ago, and the smiles were getting considerably harder to come by. Colius was a wretched traveling companion. Erick hadn’t been much better, and although Dramus didn’t really know the headmaster’s aide, he hadn’t formed a positive opinion of the man over the past few days.

Colius himself seemed to alternate between his normally distant and arrogant self, to a more talkative, inquisitive version that, to Dramus, was worse. He seemed to take a bit too much interest in the page, and it was a comfort when he’d return to whatever thoughts kept him silent and aloof.

Dramus had tried striking up conversation with Erick, but the aide was always nervous, as if he felt that Dramus would attack him if he said the wrong thing. He supposed that if he had to work directly with the headmaster all day every day, that he too would be a nervous wreck. Only three days had passed and Dramus was on edge.

They were camped in the shadow of a stand of pines which rose together on the edge of small clearing to the side of the road. Dramus could tell that it was a commonly used campsite, as there were wagon ruts in the new grass, and a fire pit dug in the cradle of the pines had seen use recently. As Colius pulled the wagon off the road, he began ordering the two younger men to set up camp.

Dramus cherished the few minutes he had to himself as he gathered wood for the fire. He had little fear of roaming into the woods, as no one had seen a goblin in these parts in ages. After ten minutes he was back at the camp, unloading the wood and helping Erick to start the fire. The sky was blazing with pinks and oranges painted over a lavender canvas.

For the moment, Erick seemed content, going through the familiar motions of getting the wood lit. He was an old hat with fire, having lit and doused countless blazes for Colius, since the headmaster considered such tasks beneath him. In truth, the man was terrible at starting a fire.

Dramus fell in to the new routine of reorganizing the supplies that had shifted during the day, and setting the headmaster’s bedroll out and beating the man’s pillow. A small part of him imagined it was Colius’s head that he was pounding, but it was a passing thing.

By the time things were

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