The Bastard 2 by Jack Porter

Author:Jack Porter [Porter, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-08T22:00:00+00:00

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My first thought had been to return to the chamber beneath the castle itself. I couldn’t imagine even the Blackcoats would think to search there, not with the dragon chained in the lower levels.

Part of me wanted to visit the dragon again, just out of a sense of kinship. But really, that was no more than postponing going into hiding, and that would not suit me at all.

I had things to do. First and foremost, I still had to find Anwen. That my contacts hadn’t heard anything of her was good, in a way. If I couldn’t find her, then neither could the King or her co-conspirators.

It meant she had a good chance of still being alive.

But I still wanted to find her, and that meant I had to be free to wander the city without fear of being caught.

So, even though it was late, I had only one real choice. I turned my feet toward the cottage on the outskirts of the city and started to walk.

It would be the middle of the night when I got there, but I figured that Meghan probably wouldn’t mind very much.

Meghan was happy to see me despite the late hour. By the light of a couple of candles, I told her all that had happened since my last visit, including Rolf’s escape, the door to door search for me, the Blackcoat, and Anwen, and even Galahad making it known throughout the city that someone of the King’s blood still survived.

The enchantress listened with interest, her lips pursing in consternation at some of the things I said. When I was done, she said, “You are welcome to remain here for as long as you wish.”

It was beyond gratifying that this was her first instinct. But the beautiful woman hadn’t finished. “It is unlikely that the Blackcoats will search this far out.” She offered a smile. “It is one of the reasons why I choose to live here rather than further in. But I sense you are not here looking for somewhere to hide. That has never been your nature. You are looking for something to aid in your own efforts.”

She said it with the certainty of sure knowledge.

I nodded. “That potion you gave me, the one that changed my appearance. You said you couldn’t get the ingredients until summer… but your necklace seems to work the same way, only different. Is there another way to achieve the same result? Some way to do the same thing, but in a way that lasts longer?”

The enchantress slowly nodded. “I think I can help you with something like that,” she said.

Meghan le Fay was as good as her word. Since she didn’t have any of the original potion left, she had to make a new one, and the process was complex.

It took her a full day, with me acting as her assistant.

I found the process fascinating. The ingredients she used ranged from the mundane to the bizarre, and many of them seemed to have medicinal qualities, no different from most of the ingredients that she would use in her role as a healer.

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