The Innkeeper's Son by Brooks Jeremy

Author:Brooks, Jeremy [Brooks, Jeremy]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

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Cano still didn’t believe it. He was sitting in the library with Jerron, Westin, Mueller and Yennit, nursing a mug of strong ale, trying to make sense of what had happened earlier that night. He knew Maehril had told them that she wasn’t the Creator, but he had seen it twice now; the white light of heaven erupting from her in the face of darkness. What else could she be if not the Creator? No human being could have done that. No trival was capable of such power. Yennit said it was impossible. He’d never heard of such a thing. But she is a Harven, he had pointed out. Her capacity for supposed miracles was bottomless.

When she passed out in his arms, for the second time in a week, he didn’t worry as badly. They debated feeding her one of the fruits, but Cano argued that after such a show of force, the girl needed a rest. Maybe not a week of sleep, but a goodnight’s rest at the very least. If she wasn’t awake by noon the next day, then they would go ahead and try the fruit.

Jerron had carried her like a priceless crystal vase up to the same bedroom she had occupied before. For a while, he and Cano stood staring down at her as she slept. Neither said a word. Neither really knew what to say.

They were in the library now waiting for Harriet to let them know that dinner was ready to be served. Each man sat quietly, alone with his thoughts. The rest of the manor was buzzing with gossip. Everyone had seen it. All of the women up on the top floor had come to the windows and watched from above. The archers had watched from their posts on the roofs and balconies. The soldiers in the fields had chased the rovers in and watched like all the rest. Who was this mysterious girl who could wield arrows of light? Where did she come from?

Cano had his own concerns to worry about. Now that her secret was out, was she safe at Yennit’s manor? As far as he knew, Desirmor was more concerned with her brother than with finding her. But how long would that last? News had a way of spreading quickly, and often times it became twisted and exaggerated with each retelling. It was a matter of time before the story of the girl who commanded the power of light, reached the castle at Fandrall. Then she would never be safe. Desirmor would hunt her to the ends of the Earth.

“Dinner is ready,” Harriet announced from the doorway.

Each man stood up slowly and waited for Yennit to lead the way into a large dining room. There was a long table with ten chairs on each side and one on each end. Yennit didn’t generally entertain guests in his dining room anymore, but after the events earlier that night, he asked them to join him for a meal so that they might discuss what they had all seen, and what it meant for them going forward.

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