The Werewolves of Nottinghill by J J Thompson

Author:J J Thompson [Thompson, J J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00

It was just as well that the Council had been served some food to help kill the time while they waited for Dianis to return, because it took more than an hour for the elf to stride back into the meeting hall. And this time she wasn't alone.

Tamara had been chatting quietly with Sylvie and Veronique when she saw the elf enter the hall. She stood up to greet the Elder and then fell silent as she saw Shendal walk in behind her, followed closely by the elven captain, Chase.

“Welcome back,” the mage said as she walked back to the head of the table.

“Thank you,” Dianis said, her voice cool and remote. “Forgive me for leaving so precipitously. I did not mean to be rude, but I wanted to get the facts for myself.”

She turned to glare at Shendal, who actually flinched when she caught his eye.

“Stand there,” she ordered and pointed at a spot several feet behind Tamara's chair. “Chase, watch him closely.”

“Yes Elder,” Chase replied evenly.

Malcolm noticed that the captain was wearing a sword and kept her hand close to the hilt.

“Forgive me, Dianis,” Tamara said as she watched the scene with wide eyes. “But what is going on?”

The Elder walked over to the chair that she had sat in earlier, turned it around and took a seat. Tamara hesitated and then copied her, sitting down beside the elf as Dianis answered her without taking her eyes off of Shendal.

“It appears that we have a snake in our midst,” she said darkly. “My colleague here is not what he seems.”

“I don't understand,” Tamara replied in confusion.

“Shendal has betrayed us,” Dianis told her. “Both your people and mine. He joined our delegation with the express intent of disrupting our new alliance and he tried to use your commanders' condition,” she gestured down the table at Malcolm and Aiden, “as a way to stir up discontent.”

Her expression showed such disgust and recrimination that Shendal lowered his head and stared at the floor.

“I still don't understand,” Tamara told her. “Why would he do that?”

“Ah, now that is the question, is it not?” Dianis replied. “And to get the answer, I would like to ask your resident summoner for his help.”

Chao sat up in surprise.

“Me, Elder?” he said. “Certainly I will help in any way that I can, but what could I possibly do for you?”

Dianis turned around in her chair to look at him.

“I would like you to summon your friend, the sprite named Ellas. Shendal expressed his distrust of her to the commanders while also asking you many questions about her. I believe there is a reason for that, and I would like to speak with her to learn what that reason is. Is it possible for you to contact her?”

“Yes, of course. The invocation is simpler now because there is a connection between us. I do not know what she could possibly tell you, but I am sure that she would offer her aid.”

He looked cautiously at the Elder.

“She is very curious and rather forward in her opinions though,” he added.

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