Rogue in the Making by TJ Nichols

Author:TJ Nichols [Nichols, TJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy
ISBN: 978-1-64080-452-4
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

THERE HAD been no rain at all. The trees around the blue pool were dying, and Angus was sure the water level got lower with every passing day. He’d have to go back soon. Would there be any water in the pool when he came back?

Would the tribe still be there or would they have moved on?

It all depended on the whim of Miniti. Angus was sure there was more to it than that, but he wasn’t about to ask her. While she treated him with a level of respect, it was clear it was only because he was an apprentice mage. If he’d been any other human, she’d have been happy to eat his soul and be done with the whole thing.

The tribe was planting seeds to grow much-needed crops. Surely they’d be there for a while so they could harvest them? Like everyone else, he’d been given an area to plant. Sticking seeds into a hole was backbreaking work. The ground was dry beneath his fingers. He didn’t like the seeds’ chance of survival, but he kept his mouth closed. The demons had done it many times before, so they knew what they were doing. He also kept an eye out for beetles that might bite him, but there were none in the sand.

Saka had forced him to put the revolting yellow larva in the ground away from the tents after Norah had finished examining it. The scar was bright pink and ran up the outside of his forearm. He was glad he’d been asleep for the removal. Lizzie had told him every gruesome detail, and he wished she hadn’t.

That night Saka had held him close, but nothing had happened. The need was killing Angus. It wasn’t just lust crawling through his veins. It was as though the magic he carried from Humanside wanted to escape. He realized how much he drew from himself, even though he tried not to. He had to be careful.

A horned shadow fell across his work area. “Are you almost done?”

“Yeah.” He couldn’t look up at Saka. Saka had confessed to liking him but also to being jealous of Terrance, and they hadn’t touched at all during this visit. He didn’t understand Saka’s reluctance—unless Saka was trying to be a proper mage and erase what he felt. The thought stung.

Angus wanted it to go back to the way it had been when they used to rebalance or even when Angus had summoned Saka and they met in Humanside. They could have sex there without any side effects. But under the watchful gaze of the underground there would be no summoning.

He could keep the magic locked inside of him while he was in Demonside, but he wanted to at least be able to test his limits. He could wait a little longer. He wasn’t ready or desperate enough to ask… yet.

Angus opened his palm. There were six seeds left. He planted them in a hurry and went to stand, but his back protested. Saka offered a hand and Angus took it to steady himself.

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