Tomes Apprentice by Honor Raconteur

Author:Honor Raconteur [Yockey, Alisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raconteur House
Published: 2019-12-12T00:00:00+00:00

Shunlei tapped on her half-open door before poking his head inside. “Before everyone gets started on the talismans, do you want to do some shopping?”

Considering everyone needed more winter clothes, her especially, Mei Li nodded instantly. She snatched her coat up as she moved. “Do you know where to go? I’ve only been in Tanguay once, I don’t really know the city.”

“Yes, there’s a shopping district not far from here. I’ve a carriage waiting on us.”

She followed him down through the dining room, noting that people were still eating dinner or going for hot baths. A quick hour trip in and out would be fine, it seemed.

They loaded into the carriage, Mei Li shivering at the cool interior. No magical brazier in here, it seemed. But there was a lap blanket, and Shunlei was quick to sit next to her and slide underneath it. The narrow confines of the carriage forced their thighs together, but Mei Li didn’t mind that, either. It was warmer to sit close.

Mei Li was glad for the shopping but she was in an irritable mood now. Her conversation with Leah and Teoh in the baths had crossed different topics, and most of them had only increased her agitation as she learned of other things she’d have to deal with soon. She wasn’t sure if she was mad about the situation in general, if it was the stress of having to somehow come up with solutions to problems she hadn’t studied, or if she was angry with Shunlei for not properly handling this situation. She knew very well he’d been there, at the beginning of the Tomes. He was a sensible and cautious man, and he’d admitted he thought they should have always had two sets of the records, but he’d never put his foot down. Never did anything about it.

“You’re angry with me.”

And of course all that showed on her face. Still looking straight ahead, she answered tautly, “I am. I think. I’m mad at the situation in general because it’s worrying me half to death, but I think I’m mad at you because you could have prevented it. If you’d told the previous Tomes to make duplicate records, they would have.”

“I did, in fact, tell them that,” he rebutted mildly.

She cranked her head around and gave him a scorching glare. “Shunlei the Black, don’t you give me that lip. Kings and councilors take your advice, and you’re telling me that generations of Tomes chose not to listen to you?”

Something that might have been a smile played out over his mouth. “I’m not a dictator, Mei Li.”

Her glare intensified. Now he was just pussy-footing.

“At first, there was every reason to not have a duplicate copy,” Shunlei said, tone sliding a bit towards reminiscence. “There was only a hundred or so problems, and everyone in the group remembered what to do, so why bother? And we were constantly on the move then, little different than nomads, so we really didn’t need or want the additional weight to lug about.

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