Silk and Earth by Mara Amberly

Author:Mara Amberly [Amberly, Mara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Jonas returned to the house with Elena Briette. He was more nervous than he had been before, because he knew he might be walking into a trap. His instincts told him he should run, but this was his chance to steal the manse – and such a chance might not come again. He had to try while he could.

“I couldn’t see any way down to the basement when I was in there,” he told her in a quiet whisper.

“There’s only one way in or out of the basement,” she whispered back. “Jarlath had it added after we moved in.”

Jonas remembered what he’d heard about the town being conquered by the enemy. He wondered if Elena Briette had witnessed it. Maybe she’d helped.

Making her way down the hallway, she beckoned for Jonas to follow. She was just past her room when she poked her head into the living area, where one of the cultists had been reading earlier. Jonas wasn’t far behind her when Elena Briette raised her hand, then gestured for him to return around the corner. He did as she suggested, and watched as she slipped into the room.

He could hear quiet voices carrying, though he couldn’t tell what was being said. He just heard the occasional word here and there. It wasn’t enough to make sense of the conversation, and Jonas didn’t know if she was turning him in.

He glanced back in the direction of the kitchen and was on the threshold of returning there. He knew it would be safer to leave, but he wanted to try and get the manse. He stayed aware of his surroundings and prepared himself in case he had to run for it.

As the moments passed, Jonas felt his will to remain diminishing. It was dark as he peered around the corner of the hallway, hoping no one came down the stairs or stumbled upon his presence from another direction.

Please hurry, he prayed, as he waited impatiently and with growing concern.

Soon Elena Briette walked through the doorway and extracted a key from her pocket, holding it up for him to see.

She opened the door to the apothecary, if that’s what it was, though she didn’t use the key. As Jonas knew, the room was unlocked.

The room was shrouded in darkness, as it had no outside windows.

As he followed Elena Briette through the doorway, Jonas saw her summon a small ball of flame in the palm of her hand. She cupped her hand over a candle on a nearby work bench and used it to light the wick.

The light revealed far greater detail in their surroundings than Jonas had noticed earlier. He wasn’t sure what to make of the fact she was a sorceress, but minor magick was common among the human population.

Jonas knew he had magick of a different kind. It was that of his own people, who he’d belonged to before they’d exiled him.

Jonas closed the door behind Elena Briette, hoping he wasn’t sealing some trap that would lead to his own demise.

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