Tested: An Urban Fantasy Adventure (Legacy of Magic Book 4) by Lindsay Buroker

Author:Lindsay Buroker [Buroker, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lindsay Buroker
Published: 2023-01-20T18:30:00+00:00

18

I hadn’t had a chance to show Meyleera the paintbrush holder, so I left it on a table as I grabbed my hammer and hurried out. As I’d sensed, Freysha stood on the bridge about twenty feet away, with two books under her arm and her hand up as she faced the queen. Her mother. There was nothing maternal or kind about the queen’s demeanor. She spoke sternly in Elven and pointed past Freysha’s shoulder toward the home. Toward me. The caretaker stood behind her, leaning out and frowning fiercely in my direction.

What did they think had happened?

Not sure if I should wait—or hide—or join Freysha, I remained on the balcony.

Freysha glanced back. My mother believes Sarrlevi sent you to harm Meyleera.

He doesn’t want his own mother harmed. I tried to share the words with all three of them. He’s not a monster.

The queen was the one who replied. He is a monster, mongrel girl. And if you are doing his bidding, you’re either his accomplice or his pet.

I’m neither. I lifted my chin.

Talons clawed through my mind, and I gritted my teeth to keep from wincing. Hadn’t she gotten enough of my thoughts earlier? What the hell was she looking for?

His magical compulsion is subtle, but I’m certain it is there, the queen said. Either that, or you’re simply a fool eager to do his bidding because— Her eyes closed to slits. I see. You’re infatuated with him. You are a fool. He’s killed our kind, he’s killed dwarves, and he’ll think nothing of killing you and your family.

I shook my head.

Freysha stepped closer to her mother and put a hand on her arm. She spoke respectfully but urgently, and her words prompted a scowl. The queen pointed at the books, demanding to know what they were for.

Thankfully, I sensed Zavryd approaching. The caretaker glanced up as his winged black form arrowed between the trees toward us. Val rode on his back.

It is time to depart, he announced into my mind.

Gladly, I replied, before I remembered the magical device that might be sitting in Meyleera’s gallery. Freysha, I blurted into her mind, doing my best to make the communication pinpoint so the queen wouldn’t hear it. I need you to look for something. Please.

As Zavryd landed on the edge of the platform extending from the tree, I hurried to show Freysha the device in my mind, hoping I remembered it well enough.

I will do my best, she replied, but she looked daunted. Maybe the gallery no longer existed. Or maybe it was her mother’s chilly presence that daunted her.

Thank you. I let out a startled oath as magic swelled under me and lifted me into the air.

Zavryd levitated me toward the platform, which involved floating me over the bridge and a whole lot of open air with nothing but a few branches to hide the ground far, far, far below. I clenched my hammer to my chest and squinted my eyes shut.

Wait, Matti. These are the books you requested.

Though

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