A Painted Goddess by Gischler Victor

Author:Gischler, Victor [Gischler, Victor]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781503954762
Published: 2016-01-19T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY

Stasha, Giffen, Knarr, Darshia, and the rest looked through the magical doorway in wonder, eyes wide, only partially understanding what they were looking at.

It was as if they were looking at a scene blurred by water, a painting at the bottom of a clear pool, figures frozen in motion. And yet not completely frozen. As they watched, it seemed that the two men and one woman were moving extremely slowly. They were in some unfamiliar room, walls of black gleaming stone.

“That’s Baron Hammish, isn’t it?” Darshia said.

“Yes,” said Stasha Benadicta. “And the woman is the wizard Talbun. I don’t know the boy.”

“I don’t understand why they’re frozen like that,” Giffen said.

“They’re not,” Knarr said. “Not quite. They’re moving but very, very slowly.”

Giffen frowned. “That still doesn’t explain why. I expected a doorway, not a shimmering, blurry window looking at some glacially moving fools.”

“Who knows how far away they are? Maybe that has something to do with it,” Knarr said. “It’s a magical portal after all. You didn’t really think it was going to swing open like a barn door, did you? You’re the one who chose the setting.”

“I don’t know where they go,” Giffen admitted. “The old duke had them written down. I knew they were for the doorway. There was no other information.”

“Enough,” said Stasha Benadicta. “The obvious way to test any door is to walk through it. I believe you have the honor, Lord Giffen.”

Giffen’s head jerked around to glare at her. “Me?”

“I believe you made going through the doorway a condition for your aid.”

“But . . .” Giffen gestured at the shimmering tableau. “What if I get stuck in slow motion like those idiots?”

“It’s a risk, I suppose.” Stasha’s smile was cold, didn’t touch her eyes. “One I’m more than willing to take.”

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