The Width of the World by David Baldacci

Author:David Baldacci
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2017-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

WE SKITTERED DOWN a hall and turned a corner. And there good fortune finally found us.

There was a Maladon in a cloak. And behind him, attired in elegant clothes but with blank eyes, was a tall man with skin the color of a walnut. He was one of the enslaved. They had them here too!

There was no one else around, and I whispered to Petra what I needed her to do. She nodded and we raised our wands together.

“Impacto,” I said. My spell struck the Maladon full in the chest and he slumped to the stone floor.

“Subservio,” said Petra, and her spell hit the tall eye-less man.

He instantly became rigid.

I performed the magnification spell and saw that a room across the corridor was empty.

Delph lifted up the stunned Maladon and carried him into that room. I used my wand to bind the Maladon tightly.

Then we turned our attention to the eyeless man.

His clothes were shiny and neatly pressed and looked to be of the best quality. I wondered, and not for the first time, why they would dress slaves in such finery.

We gathered around him in the small space and I released the invisibility shield by turning my ring around.

“Can you see us?” I asked.

He nodded.

So despite the blank eyes he still retained his sight.

I said, “What is your name?”

“I have no name. I am a Victus.”

We looked at one another. “A Victus,” I said. “What does that mean?”

The others shook their heads.

I thought back to the labels on the bottles. I hadn’t seen a Victus, but then I hadn’t had time to look at them all.

I looked back at Victus. “How came you to be here?”

“I just am here. I do not know how I came to be here.”

I sighed. This bloke wasn’t being much help.

Delph whispered, “Vega Jane, they’ve probably removed his memories. So ask him about now. What he’s learned about being here.”

I nodded. That was a cracking good idea.

“Okay, Victus, what can you tell us about Mr. Endemen?”

“He is one of my masters. A great sorcerer.”

“And does he have a master here?” I asked sharply. “The man in the cloak who sits on the throne in the big room?”

“That is our king. Necro. The ruler of everything there is.”

I looked at Delph. “Bloody Necro. The bloke’s still alive.”

My greatest fear had just been realized. The evil bloke who’d defeated my ancestors was still alive.

“Victus,” I said, “have you heard of anyone named Virgil here?”

He shook his head.

“How about a man and a woman named Hector and Helen?”

“No. No one with those names.”

“How many Maladons are in the castle?”

“Hundreds. This is where most of my masters live.”

“Have you been to True or Greater True?”

“I served my masters in Greater True before coming here.”

“They keep garms and jabbits here. Any other creatures?”

“No.” He paused. “But I have not been to all parts of the castle. There is the Tower Room.”

“Do you know what’s in the Tower Room?” Petra asked.

He shook his head. “I do know it’s heavily guarded.”

“By what?” I asked.

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