Defying Destiny (The War of Broken Mirrors Book 3) by Andrew Rowe

Author:Andrew Rowe [Rowe, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

Ran into trouble. Need to talk. Earrings at soonest convenience.

With that, she pinned on one of her earrings from her bag — the one that corresponded to one Jonan kept in his possession. They’d made a few pairs while working together. Jonan had handed a pair connected to each of them to Aayara, too, but she wasn’t interested in talking to Aayara just yet.

She headed down the road a bit, stopping outside a roadside inn beyond the city proper. Not Wrynn Jaden’s place — that was considerably further out. Just a nice, ordinary inn.

Depending on Jonan’s answers, she knew she might be spending the night there. As much as she wanted to get further from town, she hadn’t brought any gear for camping.

It took about an hour before she heard anything.

“...Hello? Testing?” Jonan’s voice sounded in her ear.

“I’m here.” Velas replied. “Can you hear me?”

“Yeah. You in a secure position?”

Velas scanned from side-to-side again. Her vision was oddly blurry.

Oh, resh.

She tapped the side of her head, disabling the invisibility detection spell. She used them so infrequently that she’d forgotten to turn it off.

Velas sighed. “I think I’m good. You?”

“About as good as I’m going to be in this city.”

“Fair.” She grunted, looking around again. “We need to talk.”

“We’re talking. We are literally talking right now.”

“Not a good time for teasing, Scribe. I’m in a bit of a bind.”

There was a pause. “That doesn’t sound like you.”

“Thanks for saying so.” Velas took a breath, collecting her thoughts. “Fair warning that this chat might get both of us killed.”

“Lovely. Now that sounds more like you.”

“Okay. Let me fill you in. You know how Silk is a hereditary title for Aayara’s apprentices?”

“Of course. When one of them dies, she replaces them with a new one.”

Velas nodded, then felt a little silly, since he couldn’t actually see her.

Probably.

She wouldn’t have been surprised if Jonan did have a way of seeing her. He was creepy like that.

“Yeah. Well, there’s a new Silk in town.”

Jonan paused. “And you didn’t even invite me to your funeral?”

Velas snorted. “Okay, that was a good one. But seriously, help me out. What do you think the odds are that Auntie Ess is responsible for this new one, versus them being a pawn for another vae’kes trying to tweak her nose?”

“Difficult to say. Could also be some amateur trying to exploit your reputation.”

“If we were in a small town, sure. In Selyr, I’d think most people would know better.”

“Never underestimate the depths of human stupidity.”

Velas leaned against the side of the inn, rubbing her temples. “Fair. But let’s assume the more likely cases here. Either Auntie is prepping a replacement — meaning I’m on the way out — or someone else is making a serious move. This other Silk has been interacting with Thornguard in high places.”

“In what way?”

Velas sighed. “Sleeping with at least some of them, from what I can gather. Or at least leading them on.”

“Ooh. You’ve had an awkward day, haven’t you?”

“Yeah, no kidding. But you’re still not giving me any answers, here.

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