The Cleansing Flame by Alec Hutson

Author:Alec Hutson
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00

We stop for the night at another roadside inn, and though it’s far humbler than the Warrior’s Rest it’s still tremendously preferable to where I’d spent the previous night, among the stale rushes scattered about the floor of Soril’s gaol. Excited whispers and gasps greet us as we step into the common room, and I can’t help but remember what Bell had said about how others might try to prove themselves worthy to Deliah. None of these commoners in their homespun clothes hunched over their ales, however, look to be much of a threat, and after sweeping them with a hard stare they lower their eyes to their drinks again. A thin and stooped innkeeper rushes out from behind the bar, greeting us with several honorifics that do not apply. Apparently, those traveling with a lamias are assumed to be of a certain quality.

He can’t seem to take his eyes from Deliah as he nearly abases himself before her, and from the expression on her face this is a reaction she’s seen before.

“We will take two rooms,” she says, cutting through his babbling.

I clear my throat. “Three rooms.”

Deliah arches her brow but she doesn’t say anything. Bell is looking at me like I’ve just claimed that I’ve seen cows drifting through the sky. The innkeep’s eyes are bulging, his jaw halfway to the floor. I can imagine he thinks I’m utterly mad.

“I need some good rest,” I say gruffly, before affecting a yawn.

Deliah crooks a smile at this and reaches into her purse.

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