Echoes (The Familiar and the Mage Book 4) by Honor Raconteur

Author:Honor Raconteur [Raconteur, Honor]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Raconteur House LLC
Published: 2018-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

I rolled out of bed the next morning, did a quick wash up, and ate a delightful omelet that Bannen cooked for me. Feeling a little better about things in the morning light, I went to the rock face with Mack and Jeffries. It wasn’t a clean drop, of course, the mountain edge wasn’t a cliff but a gradual slope and I took a minute to really examine the area. “Gentleman, how much of this dirt slope do you want gone?”

“All of it,” Jeffries informed me, his hands rising to illustrate his point. “From here to there, it all needs to be perfectly flat. As flat as our campsite area.”

“Alright.” I focused, drawing out the template of what needed to be done in the spell, with the appropriate designations for which types of soil and quantity. It disappeared in an instant, leaving a freshly turned path of flat ground in its wake. I could tell from their faces that this display of magic both fascinated and unnerved them. People typically responded like this to my magic, and while it still bothered me a little, I didn’t react to it anymore. “Is that correct?”

Jeffries cleared his throat, carefully avoiding my eyes by studying the ground intently. “That certainly looks right but I’d have to measure it to be sure.”

I tapped the side of my eyes and gave him a cheerful smirk. “Trust me, it’s correct down to a millimeter. Part of a Void Mage’s eyes is that we can measure everything very accurately.”

“You mentioned this before on the way up,” Mack ventured, his eyes studying mine. “You said that Dag had your type of eyes, which was why a Void Mage had to train him, even though his magic is different from yours.”

“Correct. Dag sees the world the same way that I do, and because of that, his approach to magic is completely different from magical norms. It’s better for a Void Mage to train him, at least initially.” Mack seemed curious about all of this but Jeffries shifted from foot to foot, clearly uncomfortable. It might be better to just move on, satisfy Mack’s curiosity later. “But we’re getting off-topic. Slope and grade correct here?”

“Yes, Magus,” Jeffries assured me. “Now, I drew out the markings for the tunnel entrance this morning. See those two red chalk lines? Tunnel side walls should match those. Bottom of the tunnel should match this grade, and the top of the tunnel should arch at its highest point at fourteen feet.”

Sounded simple enough. I centered myself more squarely with what would be the new opening, following Jeffries’ instructions precisely, and created a template for the tunnel only six inches deep. I figured that would show the men what I’d done but give me room to correct something if I needed to.

Jeffries actually jumped a little when the rock disappeared into nothing more than wind and dust. He stared at it, skin going a little paler, eyes too wide in his face. People were normally uncomfortable with my magic, but this seemed a little too extreme.

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