The Wizard at Home by Rick Shelley

Author:Rick Shelley
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction, General, Fantasy
ISBN: 9780451454225
Publisher: Penguin Group (Canada)
Published: 1995-01-18T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Silvas did not try to analyze the urge that drove him to consult with Bay. He merely accepted it and made his departure from the small sitting room as quickly as possible. He took the route to the mews through the curtain wall so that he could get there without going out into the storm. Bay was alone in his stall. If he had been sleeping, which was unlikely with the storm, he woke in time for Silvas's arrival.

"I sent Bosc off to sleep," Bay said before Silvas could remark on his absence. "What brings you out this late in such a state? Did your interview with Mikel go badly?"

"Badly enough," Silvas said. "But that isn't what brings me here. I merely had a sudden urge to consult with you."

"About what?"

Silvas told Bay all that had passed, a detailed review of the conversation with Mikel, the thoughts that he and Maria had shared, and the appearance of the globe of light with Brother Paul clearly visible within.

"I brought him through easily. Maria is with him now."

"I mistrust coincidences at the best of times, and this is not the best of times," Bay said. "This day and night have been filled with coincidences. The first time you attempt to contact Mikel, his sister Gioia appears. The second time, the conclusion of your talk is marked by the onset of this storm. Then Brother Paul appears to you in a globe of light, and you bring him physically to the Seven Towers. Where is the cause? What is the 'why' of it?"

Silvas smiled. Listening to Bay carry on actually eased his own tensions. "While we seek motives, why did I have such a compulsion to race down here so quickly that Satin and Velvet had no time to decide if they should accompany me?"

Bay snorted. "Obviously because you feel you need my counsel. But of all these coincidences, the one I mistrust most is the one that brought the vicar of Mecq within our walls, inside our defenses. Had you sought my advice first, I would surely have advised against it."

"I trust Brother Paul implicitly," Silvas said. "His knowledge and power may be limited, but I know his heart."

"Why did he appear to you?"

"I don't know," Silvas admitted. "He said that I had been in his thoughts, that he had a feeling that I needed his help yet. Once we had talked, I had no hesitation at all in bringing him here. Whatever is to come, it seems that we need him."

"Or he needs to be among us for some reason of his own?" Bay suggested.

"Why do you mistrust him so?"

"I wouldn't say that I have any specific mistrust of him. I am merely suspicious of the circumstances. That is my nature. But there is one point on which you should perhaps dwell. Remember, his allegiance is to the White Brotherhood, to Bishop Egbert and the Pope, and—ultimately—to his Unseen Lord, who may well be our enemy now."

Silvas did not immediately try to refute anything that Bay said.

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