Caitlin Brennan - White Magic 02 by Song of Unmaking

Author:Song of Unmaking
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-02-09T16:18:30+00:00

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Chapter Thirty-Three

Valeria wanted to knock their heads together. Kerrec was full of noble revenge. Rodry was brimful of hero-worship. There was no grain of sense in either of them.

Rodry went off to his lodgings. Kerrec went up to their cupboard of a room.

Valeria was hard on his heels. Once they were in the room and the door was shut, she backed him into a corner. “What were you thinking?” she demanded. “What in the world was in your head?”

He barely blinked. His nostrils had thinned and his eyes gone pale, but that was more likely to be anger than alarm. “We need a guide across the river. An imperial scout is a godsend.”

“That imperial scout is my brother,” Valeria said. “If you get him killed, you won’t just have me to face. You’ll have my mother.”

“I won’t get him killed,” said Kerrec with teeth-gritted patience. “Can’t you see the magic in him? He has the seeker’s power. We’ll ward him and he’ll help us hunt. We’ll find the traitor and do what we must before the tribes know we’re there.”

“You had better hope so,” she said grimly.

“You’ll make sure of it if I won’t,” Kerrec said.

“And if that fails? Even if the tribes don’t find us, your brother certainly will.”

He tossed his head like an impatient stallion—so rare a gesture it made her stare. “My brother thinks I’m still on the Mountain. I’ve done everything I can to foster that impression. If he’s looking for anyone, he’ll be looking for my father’s mages. We’re as safe as we can be—but we don’t know the country we’re going into, and we don’t have time to learn. Wouldn’t you rather have a guide we can trust?”

“Yes, but—”

“The gods sent him,” said Kerrec. “You’d see that if you would look.”

“I see it,” she said. “I wish I didn’t.”

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