Weremage by Garrett Robinson

Author:Garrett Robinson [Robinson, Garrett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Legacy Books, Inc.
Published: 2016-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

twenty-four

THEY HAD TO HIDE THE bodies, so that if the family Yerrin came to investigate why their patrol had not returned, it would take some time to find them. They could not throw the corpses in the river, for they could easily wash up on the riverbank. They settled for dragging them off into the trees and hiding them behind plants. The Mystics took care of the grisly work, but still Loren was uncomfortably reminded of when she had first met Damaris of the family Yerrin, who had slain a squadron of constables and forced Loren to help her men bury the bodies. As she studied the grim look on Annis’ face, Loren wondered if the girl was thinking of the same thing. In the meantime, Shiun rode back across the bridge and downriver a ways, searching for Annis’ horse, which had been washed out of sight by the waters. She returned with it just as the others were making ready to depart, leading it by the reins. Recovering the horse was the only bit of relief they had from the whole affair.

As the rest of the party readied themselves to ride, Loren saw that Annis was staring down at the ground. She went over to the girl. “What is wrong?”

“It is my fault we were discovered,” said Annis. “If I had not slipped, they would not have seen us.”

Loren shook her head. “No. Any one of us might have done the same. You should not blame yourself.”

Annis did not look convinced. She looked around at the rest of the party and frowned. “I should not have come. It was the foolish notion of a foolish girl. I am no warrior.”

“I would call you many things before I called you foolish,” said Loren, putting a hand on her shoulder. “Strength of arms is not the only worthy quality in this world, and I myself value your wit far more highly.”

They rode hard once they set out, with Shiun scouting the way again. They drew upon Dahab shortly before sunset. When they crested the last rise and saw it, the whole party stopped in awe—and Loren felt an even greater wonder, for she was seeing again what she had already spied in her dream. North of them, the river they had crossed met an even greater river that spun away south. But almost immediately, it reached a high shelf in the land and formed a great waterfall, and upon that shelf was built Dahab.

There were palaces and mansions aplenty on both levels of the city, and all of them with gold trim, as Loren had seen. As the midday sun fell upon the city, the gold trim made the whole thing shine like a jewel in firelight, so that they could not long observe it without having to shield their eyes. Upon the higher level were built grander mansions, and ones fairer to look at, for many of them were made of white marble that gleamed nearly as bright as the gold.

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