The Silent Blade by P.S. Power

Author:P.S. Power [Power, P.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, Magic, adventure, royalty, coming of age
Publisher: Orange Cat Publishing
Published: 2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter twelve

The meal was cozier than Anders had intended, to be truthful. He was sitting in the small room where he normally took his own repast, and had invited Eltha and whoever of her people wanted to come. Instead of the four or five he’d figured on, there were three people in the room. Eltha, of course, plus Duma Sett and for some reason, Depak Sona.

Anders smiled and sat at the low table, as if it were a thing he’d done his entire life. If anyone there questioned that, knowing it wasn’t the way of Istlan at all, no one so much as raised an eyebrow at him. Before he could ask after their health, as a collective, Eltha swallowed and looked down.

“I’m sorry to hear about the passing of the Prince. We heard the announcement, but no more than that.” It was an odd thing, but Anders had noticed it himself. The word of the death, an untimely thing, for a fifteen-year-old boy not at war, or taken ill, had gone out to the entire city. The whole land, in fact. Anders had worked the day healing, after having his head shaved.

Some others in the city, seeing that had followed suit, it seemed. That or they were going to do it anyway, hearing the dire news. Only of the passing, however. Not the how or why of things at all. Not even that there had been darkness surrounding the whole event.

So, instead of announcing a thing that he might not be allowed to, out of shame or to protect the privacy of others, Anders just nodded at the woman, and tried to seem sad.

“Thank you. We weren’t close, save these last weeks. Still, by the rules here, he was family. I have had little of that, in my life, so... Well, you understand, I’m certain.” He hoped so, since he wasn’t entirely up on what he was trying to say himself.

Duma Sett teared up then.

“This is so hard. All such things are. Now, you summoned us, finally? We were just plotting the other day, to try and tear you away from the lovely princesses or great magics they have you doing here.” The wording was odd, and earned a sour expression from both Eltha and Depak.

It took a moment for Anders to realize that he wasn’t doing any Princesses, or anyone else, at all. Which was why the response had come. It was a bit of a naughty thing to say. Probably meant to throw him off, instead of suggest those would be the correct things for a person like himself to be off doing.

Depak looked away and smiled.

“I teasingly suggested he go to the city center and set up a free healing location there. He’s done that every day since we arrived, of course. No one is certain if that’s him scaling the lines of power here or if he’s simply that dedicated to following my commands as his master. They were even more baffled when it turned out to be neither.

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