TIME MAGE 2 by Rob Nolan

Author:Rob Nolan [Nolan, Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-01T05:00:00+00:00

21

Valasia stared at me in amazement as I stood there in her chamber – which was much larger and better furnished than mine, I might add. Such were the perks of being a Master.

“You’re joking,” she finally said.

“About which part?” I asked.

“A dark elf, here?!” she whispered as she began to pace, talking to herself more than to me. “And a traitor, too! – plus your new power – and the jester told you how to use it?!”

“Well, you seem to have covered all the parts, but I wasn’t joking about any of them,” I said drily.

“This is incredible – I don’t even know where to begin!” Valasia lamented.

“Does it change our plan to leave tomorrow?”

“No – no, we need to get out of Ivernwood as fast as possible. Especially now that we may have a traitor in or midst.”

“Shouldn’t we tell them?”

“Who? The king?” she asked sarcastically.

“Mistress Ura. She could read people’s minds – ”

“Unless she has read their minds and already knows,” Valasia pointed out. “In fact, if she hasn’t sounded the alarm yet, it actually points to her being involved.”

“Maybe she’s not able to read their minds deeply enough to find that much out.”

“…perhaps…”

“You really think she’s involved? She seems so harmless.”

“I don’t know what to think. All I know is we can’t trust anyone.”

“At least she wasn’t the figure I saw in the vision.”

“How do you know that?”

“The person in the cloak was walking swiftly and confidently. Mistress Ura wouldn’t have been able to do that,” I said as I pointed to my eyes.

“Hm… yes….”

“And it can’t be the jester, either. The cloaked figure was too tall.”

“The mysterious figure might not have been the jester, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t working against us somehow,” Valasia cautioned me.

“Why would he alert me to the meeting, though, if he’s involved? That makes no sense.”

“You’re right… but nothing makes sense about all of this…”

“If you’re that worried that someone in Ivernwood is working against us, aren’t you concerned that we might be attacked when we leave the castle tomorrow?”

“That’s why I asked Fortik to escort us.”

“Which is a danger in and of itself, if – ”

“If Fortik or one of his men betray us,” she finished glumly.

“You’ve already considered it?”

“I have.” She raised an eyebrow. “You really think it’s possible?”

“…possible, but not probable. At least not Fortik. He strikes me as a good fellow, unlike Burkell or Ipalia.”

Valasia nodded, and didn’t even correct me about calling them by their titles. “I feel the same way.”

“Although I never thought ill of Lammel, either.”

“I know… it’s all quite mind-boggling when you don’t know who you can trust…”

“Even if we can trust Fortik, he can only take us so far – unless he and his men accompany us all the way to Heindell.”

“I doubt that will happen. My guess is we’ll part with them halfway at Wyvernwood.”

“We could still be waylaid after that. I mean, the entire Council and Court knows we’re headed for Heindell. Whoever is plotting against us can just tell their assassins to wait and ambush us later.

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