Dawnspell by Sarah K. L. Wilson

Author:Sarah K. L. Wilson [Wilson, Sarah K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah K. L. Wilson
Published: 2019-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

17: In Tune

Marielle

MARIELLE WOKE WITH a start.

“He left something for you,” Allegra said with a wry look as she shoved Marielle off the foot of the bed. Condescension poured off of her like steam from a kettle, tinged a blush pink and stinking of day-old fish. “And you should stop falling asleep next to this man until you can decide how you feel about him.”

“I feel pity,” Marielle said thickly.

Allegra snorted, handing a note to Marielle. “Is that what people are calling it? In that case, you should bring a few refugees in from the cold. Dragon knows they need it.”

Marielle blushed, looking at the note. It was folded carefully and had her name written on it in a swirling script. That wasn’t what she expected Tamerlan’s writing to look like.

“Anything to report?” Allegra asked casually.

“You saw Etienne more than I did,” Marielle protested, opening the note. Surprisingly, it was from Etienne, not Tamerlan.

Marielle,

I have need of your services today in keeping the Children of Queen Mer busy. Please give them my condolences. I will not be able to attend them today. And make a note of anything said or done. I will require a full report from you tonight.

Etienne

Another person demanding that she report on someone else. By the time this was done she would be Chief Spy of Xin. She swallowed down a feeling of discomfort. She didn’t want to spy on the Harbingers. She didn’t want to spy on Etienne. Her options were narrowing like a closing window.

Allegra sniffed. “I need you out of the shop today. I have business to attend to.”

“Do you mind if I spend that time in your inn?” Marielle asked. “The streets are too dangerous for Scenters right now.”

“Spend it wherever you want, just not here,” Allegra said.

Easy enough. With the Wind Rose aching over her heart, Marielle would have run to the Harbingers even without Allegra throwing her out, or Etienne assigning her to them. She needed to know about this magic that could amplify her gifts. She was thirsty for it.

By the time she reached the door to the suites of the Harbingers in the inn, she was already second-guessing herself. What if they didn’t want to see her? What if they had left? What if they decided she wasn’t good enough to train – or worse, what if they took one look at her and knew she was a spy now?

She lifted her hand and knocked.

The door swung open so quickly that she nearly fell forward.

“You’re late,” Anglarok said, pulling her inside the room.

“Late? I- ”

He shoved his big conch shell into her hands and guided her by the shoulder to one of the seats.

Across from where she sat, Liandari was sparring with two of the harpoon men, all of them soaked in sweat. Marielle felt a pang of sadness as she remembered sparring like that as part of her Jingen City Watch training. Sometimes even Carnelian would spar with her. And now she’d never spar with any of them again.

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