The Last Null (Dagger of the World Book 7) by K. L. Reinhart & Jada Fisher

Author:K. L. Reinhart & Jada Fisher [Reinhart, K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2021-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

Yarl Mendip, as it turned out, was also a Doctor, a Chief, a Master, and a twin of Lars Mendip—although he was thin where the latter was large.

“You told them what!?” the diminutive Yarl Mendip of the Royal and Ancient Guild of Navigators said, his voice rising into a near-shriek from within the confines of his own wispy, red beard.

The twins of the guild, along with Terak, Kol, Tanwen, and a few others of the Emarii, stood at the end of a large hall inside the fortress of the Navigators. The rest of their number (all excluding the Elder Beings, who refused to enter such an apparently dead stone palace) quietly distributed what food supplies they had and tended to sore feet and aching limbs.

The central hall of the Navigators was built on a fittingly large scale to the quarry outside, with enough room on its gleaming cream marble floors to accommodate five hundred or more people. Stretching down the sides of the building were gigantic pillars that soared up to a roof three hundred feet or so high. Each one was carved with curling lines of boats and ships of a thousand different types and varieties. Large archways opened out and led deeper into the palace, which clearly extended deep into the sides of the hills that the palace was made out of.

The twins of the guild sat on two of a line of tall-backed chairs, seven in all. Terak presumed these chairs had once held the backs of other Chiefs and Masters of the Royal and Ancient Guild.

“I asked you to defend our borders—not invite the invaders in!” Yarl said with apparent distaste at the people who were now in his halls.

“Masters,” Terak cleared his throat, sharing a glance between them. “Do I need to explain once again the danger that our world now faces? That the Blood Gate is going to open any day—any hour?” the elf said calmly. His voice rang out true and clear across the hall. “In but a short time, good Chiefs, all of the knowledge and expertise that you have been guarding will be the playthings of the orcs, the beastials, the Ixcht, or whatever strange peoples come through the Ungol Gate. At least let the legacy of this great and noble Guild shine forth when the kingdoms of Midhara need it the most!”

“Hmm,” Terak heard Kol murmur appreciatively. The face of Yarl Mendip creased in confusion, and he proceeded to bite his nails with clear worry and concern.

“You’ve got a talent for speeches, elf,” the older Emarii whispered at Terak’s side. “When all this is done—perhaps you should come and join us.”

If anything survives after all this is done, Terak couldn’t help but think.

Lars Mendip, the larger pilot, cleared his throat and turned to his considering brother. “Brother mine—we have a commission. A new commission.” It seemed that, in the face of sibling rivalry, Lars had lost his earlier reticence to their quest. Or maybe Terak really was that good with words.

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