Shadowguard by Gama Ray Martinez

Author:Gama Ray Martinez [Martinez, Gama Ray]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Pharim War
Published: 2015-09-22T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Jez woke in a cold sweat, breathing heavily. A fear that he was still asleep seized him, and he pinched himself several times to try to wake himself up, but if this was a dream, that didn’t work. As the next several seconds passed, Jez’s heart slowed, and he sorted through his thoughts. The sun shone outside, and he made a mental note to request quarters that faced west so that he wouldn’t have the morning sun in his eyes when he woke. He’d had the same dream nearly every night in the months since Osmund had been kicked out. He’d pushed himself in his lessons and training with the sword in an effort to exhaust himself, hoping he’d be too tired to dream, but it never worked. He’d even go to temple services once in an attempt to find peace, but that night, his dream had been worse, so he’d never returned.

Jez tried to push the memory of the dream out of his mind as he rolled out of bed. He started putting his clothes on when someone knocked on the door. He threw on his student’s robes and shambled into his sitting room to open the door. A short boy stood there, looking from side to side. When he saw Jez, he squeaked.

“Are you the boy wizard Jezreel?”

“Boy wizard? Who told you that?”

The boy paled and stumbled back a few steps. “Oh, I’m sorry, sir. Please don’t hurt me. I didn’t mean anything by it.”

Jez sighed. This was obviously a boy from Tarcai. It seemed his reputation beyond the walls of the Academy hadn’t quite died off yet. ‘Boy wizard’ was a new one, though.

“It’s just Jez. Who told you to come and find me?”

“It was a giant, sir.”

“A giant?”

“Oh yes sir. He was at least ten feet tall. I was afraid he would eat me or something. He said he knew you.”

“Stop calling me sir. Who was this giant?”

“He said his name was Osmund.”

“Osmund? Where is he?”

“He’s waiting for you at the edge of the mountain.”

Jez nodded. It made sense that Osmund wouldn’t come into the city. Master Besis had warned them about the wards. Jez didn’t think they would actually hurt Osmund, but he wouldn’t have wanted to take that chance either. Still, why would Osmund come here in the first place?

“Lead the way,” he said to the boy.

At this hour, Tarcai was just beginning to come alive as people started to trickle onto the streets. Jez followed the boy through the city. It only took them a quarter hour to reach the edge. As they neared the rim of Mount Carcer Osmund came into view. The larger boy threw the messenger a silver coin. It slipped between his fingers and the boy scrambled to pick it up before disappearing back into town. Osmund looked at his friend.

“Boy wizard?”

Osmund shrugged. “I needed to make sure the message would reach you. I told him you would know if he just ran off and that you’d hunt him down.

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