When Darkness Falls: Book 0 of the Mage Tales Prequels by Ilana Waters

Author:Ilana Waters [Waters, Ilana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

You all know what happened next.

Vesuvius did not erupt that night, of course. Even the most casual student of history knows that. But in the months between that fateful day and the festival of Carna, Sabine obsessed over the chalice. She tried to find out everything she could about it, work magic on it, track down its worshippers. But they seemed lost to the wind—dead, or unwilling to be found. Hordes of people traversed in and out of Pompeii every day, especially during festivals. It was possible those who drank from the chalice were only passing through the city.

As Sabine requested, I did not make another attempt to drink from the chalice myself. There was no sense in going back on my promise to her. One, she was no fool, and would find out. Undoubtedly, she had magical wards on the secret room that would let her know of unauthorized entrance. Two, I didn’t care about the chalice as much as she did. So, it held a magic liquid. If it didn’t lead us to more of our own kind, what good did it do me? Besides, I was on and off campaigns that summer; I hardly had another chance to steal a glimpse of the silly thing. Let it be Sabine’s pet project, then, I thought. With any luck, it would keep her occupied—and maybe even happy, after a while, if she could figure out what its power meant.

Perhaps it would even cure this ennui or whatever it was that had her in its grip of late. I certainly hoped so. Ever since she acquired it, she’d been more fretful and aloof, withdrawing from me even during our brief visits together. But then, perhaps I should not have been away so often. If only I’d spent more time with her.

If only I’d known.

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