The Wizard's Chalice (Gags & Pepper: Protection Agents Book 2) by Guy Antibes

Author:Guy Antibes [Antibes, Guy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casiepress LLC
Published: 2022-07-29T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

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Gags

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G ags came to in a strange place. He looked out a tiny porthole and watched the waves roll. Why was he on a ship? There was no way to know the heading. Pepper still snored in his upper bunk, so Gags quickly spelled him with a real seasick enchantment, hoping that it would work this time.

He rose from his bunk and realized whatever spell the magician used wasn’t fully gone, so he sat in the only chair in the tiny cabin, thinking that he needed to get better at lurking around. His record wasn’t very good, even on this assignment.

Pepper stirred when Gags shook his shoulder.

“Where are we?” Pepper quickly sat up and hit his head on the ceiling of the cabin. “A ship?”

Gags nodded. “A ship heading for somewhere, but I can’t tell you where or how long we’ve been under. I guess that Patricia Garish is to blame. She is the most powerful magician we know in Caless.”

Pepper jumped down and then swooned before sitting on Gags’s bunk. “But we aren’t in Caless, anymore.”

Magical energy was building in Gags as he sat. “At least she doesn’t know how to sap my energy.”

“Is there such a thing?”

“There is, but few magicians can do it.”

“You can?”

Gags shook his head. “Not me. I have other talents.”

“Like shooting bolts from your hand and guiding them around horses and into attacking Feybeerians?” Pepper said.

“Exactly, but I was thinking of twirling my staff, Pepper.”

Pepper laughed, but then stopped. “What kind of fix are we in?”

“The fact that our throats aren’t slit gives me a little hope. I’m sure Mexius wouldn’t care where are carcasses are.”

Pepper grunted. “We are like a couple of buzzing gnats,” he said.

“Buzz.” Gags smiled as he used Pepper’s childhood nickname.

“Yes?” Pepper said

“I think Patricia put us to sleep and made sure we weren’t killed in Veilport. That probably means Honian is defending her. That would be a good thing. Honian is a businessman, first and foremost, so he doesn’t see our deaths as being to his advantage,” Gags said. “This is all conjecture, mind you.”

Pepper shrugged. “Since I am still breathing, your guessing is good enough for me.” Pepper yawned.

They had done enough talking for the moment and Gags returned to his bunk and took a nap. He didn’t get to sleep when Patricia entered the cabin and closed the door behind her.

“You are both awake. Good,” she said with a tight smile. “I’m sorry I had to lay that spell on you.”

Gags didn’t think she was being fully truthful. “We were spotted outside the mansion?”

“You were,” Patricia said, “as well as in front of our central office. People can look out windows, you know.”

Gags hadn’t even thought about someone looking out of the building. He shook his head. “I have a lot to learn.”

“I think you know enough already,” Patricia said. “We are on a ship to Sheerport.”

“Sheerport!” Pepper said. “Why? You could have left us senseless in Veilport.”

“Not after you saw the children.”

“Child trafficking? How much of that does Honian do?”

Patricia frowned.

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