The Seeker by Jamie K. Schmidt

Author:Jamie K. Schmidt [K. Schmidt, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy romance kindle books, mage romance, sword and sorcery romance
Publisher: Jamie K. Schmidt
Published: 2018-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Bret found her in Greenly, the town before Harbortown. It was only sheer luck that she wasn’t wearing The Seeker’s outfit. She had just checked into a bed and breakfast and secured Atalanta in the stables. Rose headed to town to see if she could get some information about the rogue mages. Bret was at the first bar she came to, playing cards in the back room of the saloon. When she walked in, Rose felt someone staring at her while she waited for her whiskey at the bar. Turning her head as nonchalantly as she could, she found herself staring into his cold, angry eyes.

Run, you idiot, run.

Her feet were rooted to the floor, but he looked back down at his cards instead of walking over to her. It had been months since she had last seen him. She had many sleepless nights trying to forget his smile and his handsome face.

Not sure what his game plan was, Rose faltered. The smart thing to do was to grab her things and jump on Atalanta and head out. But he had to know she was headed to Harbortown to meet up with the rogue mages or hop a ship to Solace. All she would be doing was delaying the inevitable. And she wouldn’t have the information she needed.

So, with a toss of her hair, she paid the bartender and took her drink over to one of the tables with a window overlooking the street. Deliberately, she put her back to Bret. She felt his gaze like a dagger between her shoulder blades.

While she sipped her drink, Rose looked around the room. It was a rowdy bar and her hopes of overhearing gossip was slim. She really should move on, but part of her wanted to see if Bret would approach her.

"Can I buy you a drink?"

The man who came up behind her wasn't Bret, but he was reasonably good looking. Rose finished her whiskey and nodded. "I could use some company."

He already had a bottle and slid into the chair across from her. He poured her a generous splash.

"I like a man who comes prepared," she said.

He poured himself one. "Name's Jeb."

"Christine," Rose lied. She wasn't going to take a chance that he knew there was a mage named Rose on a wanted poster somewhere.

"What brings you to our little town, Christine?"

Jeb had short, cropped, light brown hair and a laconic twinkle in his pale blue eyes. For a moment, Rose wondered if he put a special emphasis on her name. But she decided she was just being paranoid.

"I'm heading to Harbortown. My father's ship is coming in and I promised I would be there to meet him."

"Are you travelling alone?" he asked, looking into his glass.

"Why?" Rose didn't want to lie anymore than she had to, but if he was trying to find out if she was an easy mark he was in for a big surprise.

"The roads aren't safe with all the rebel mages converging on Harbortown."

Jack pot!

Rose leaned forward and was rewarded when Jeb risked a peek at her cleavage.

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