The Wand-Maker's Debate by Jack Albrecht & Ashley Delay

Author:Jack Albrecht & Ashley Delay [Albrecht, Jack & Delay, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, General, The Wand-Maker's Debate
ISBN: 9781466269477
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2011-08-31T14:00:00+00:00

12 – Blood in the Water

Osric was frustrated by their situation. He hadn't found many answers, and he had been bombarded by new questions. The book they had been given was a new source of irritation. Ero assured him that it contained the complete collection of Argan's life's work, but upon opening it, he had found only blank pages, yellowed and worn with age.

Greyback was not healing as fast as Ero thought she would, and there was no way to know when they would be able to continue. He spent the majority of his time staring at a book with no words, trying to figure out what was happening to him, and waiting for Toby to contact him again. He had expected to hear from him a few days before, but nearly seven days had passed with no word. With ample time on his hands, and the inability to pursue other answers, he distracted himself by studying the book.

They had passed Argan's book around their fire at night, taking turns examining the cover for anything that would hint at the contents. They had each flipped through the pages, squinted and held it up to the sun and firelight; all in vain attempts to find something that the others had missed. The only worthwhile discovery had been the vial lashed across the pages, resting between the tops of the front and back covers for over one hundred years. Osric held it in his hand, studying it intently.

On its own, the vial was rather unremarkable. The contents of the small bottle, however, had piqued his interest. Whatever liquid it had once held had solidified and appeared almost black in the poor light of the caves. Osric had removed the small stopper and scraped out a bit of the substance. He sprinkled it on the book, in hope that it would make the words visible, but the attempt yielded no results. Despite the failure, he still felt as though the vial held the key to deciphering the book's mystery.

Osric had explored the caves extensively. The first few days after the book was gifted to them, his companions had accompanied him. As the week wore on, they joined him less frequently, and the fifth day of gazing at its pages found him in solitude with the blank book and vial. The circumstances that had led to his departure from Stanton, and the events of the previous weeks, had given him an overwhelming number of questions to ponder. Sitting alone on the cave floor, he tried to put the questions aside for a moment and focus on the beauty of his surroundings, but his mind kept circling back to the book.

He was a bit uncomfortable with the cryptic explanation for the gift of Argan's book, to say the least. “Time has chosen you to carry the book,” was the only answer Ero would give him. He also felt disturbed by the eagles showing him so much respect after their strange encounter. He still had no idea what had taken place during the confrontation about Greyback.

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