The Magelands Epic: Storm Mage (Book 6) by Christopher Mitchell

Author:Christopher Mitchell [Mitchell, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912879267
Publisher: Brigdomin Books Ltd
Published: 2020-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The Kildrummie

Plateau City, Imperial Plateau – 23rd Day, Second Third Spring 525

‘In fifteen days I’ll be fifteen,’ said Kelsey from up in the saddle.

‘So?’ said Keir.

She glanced down at him as he led Monty along the road. ‘What are you going to get me?’

‘Hmm. What do I get for an annoying little brat? A gag?’

‘How about a nice horse?’ she said. ‘To replace the one you made me abandon?’

‘It all worked out fine. The amount I took is just about what we would have fetched for Fickle. It was hardly stealing at all, if you look at it that way.’

‘I wonder if Tilda and Philo feel the same?’

‘Why don’t you go back and ask them?’

‘They trusted us, you know,’ she said, ‘and you threw their hospitality back in their faces.’

‘Shut up.’

To Keir’s surprise, Kelsey did as she was told for once, and quietened. He frowned. His sister had been nagging him endlessly about what he had done in that stupid village, and he was sick of listening to her complaining. She had still eaten the food and slept in the inn rooms that the stolen gold had paid for, the little hypocrite. She had a talent for making him feel guilty, as if she were somehow morally superior to him.

‘Look!’ she cried. ‘There it is at last.’

He glanced up, and caught a glimpse of the great imperial capital ahead through the trees. Its high walls spread before them, marked with turrets and battlements. Beyond, the tall spires and towers of the city pierced the blue sky.

‘Does it look the same as you remember?’ Kelsey said.

‘I was six when I was last here. All I can remember are the parties and parades, and getting to stay up late with mother.’

Kelsey shook her head. ‘So Karalyn was taken to visit Kellach Brigdomin by father, and you were taken here by mother for the Empress’s ten-year jubilee, but me and Corthie? Fuck all. Taken nowhere exciting. Father’s favourite, and mother’s favourite. I don’t hear you deny it.’

‘It’s not my fault. Maybe you were an ugly baby.’

‘Or maybe it was because you and Karalyn were both so needy, whereas me and Corthie can look after ourselves. You pooped your pants until you were twelve.’

He glared at her. ‘Do you think that might have something to do with that fact that Karalyn cooked my brains when I was a baby? That bitch ruined my childhood. I’ll never forgive her for it.’

They emerged from the small patch of woodland. Ahead, the road they were on joined the main highway from Amatskouri to the capital, and was busy with passing wagons and people walking in both directions.

‘Time to put your hood back up,’ Kelsey said.

Keir sighed and pulled the hood up and over his head. It fell low, covering his face in shadow. He was also wearing gloves, in the hope that he would pass as a Kellach Brigdomin. He hated the hood, as it meant he could hardly see anything to either side, and the warm weather would make him sweat.

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