Magium: The Mage Tournament: Book 1 by Chris Michael Wilson

Author:Chris Michael Wilson [Wilson, Chris Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

After finishing our briefing and finding our way out of the ruins, we wave goodbye to Leo the leopard, we grab our backpacks and we start heading towards our new objective. Flower is leading the way again, but this time she looks a lot less confident than before, and there’s definitely some uneasiness in her voice as she speaks to us.

“Okay,” she says, “so we’ll need to follow this path for the next few hours, until we reach the first crossroads. After that, there isn’t really a path to follow anymore, so you’re going to have to stick close to me if you don’t want to get lost. If you want to take food breaks, just tell me and we’ll—”

“Flower,” Kate interrupts her. “Why did you agree to come with us to the ogre stronghold? Isn’t it a little dangerous even for you to be heading straight into monster territory like this?”

“Well, yeah,” Flower says, “but if I didn’t agree to come with you, Eleya would have killed you…”

“So what?” Kate asks. “If the fox killed us, then our blood wouldn’t have been on your hands. Why would you go so far out of your way to help a group of complete strangers? Why not just let her kill us and go on about your business?”

“I don’t know… I just… couldn’t…” Flower says.

Kate looks at her for a few seconds, and then she smiles faintly.

“I see…” she says. “Flower, I believe we may have started off on the wrong foot this morning. Allow me to rectify that.”

She then holds out her hand to her, and says:

“My name is Kate. Pleased to meet you!”

Flower looks somewhat taken aback by Kate’s sudden shift in attitude towards her, and she shakes her hand, hesitantly.

“And my name is Rose!” Rose says, as she offers her hand as well. “I’m glad to have you with us, Flower!”

“I’m Hadrik,” says Hadrik. “But you can just call me ‘dwarf’. Either name will do!”

Flower takes a few steps back and is now starting to panic.

“I’m sorry!” she says. “I’ve never really been accepted into a group before. I have no idea what you’re supposed to say in these situations!”

“It’s okay, Flower,” Kate says. “You don’t need to say anything.”

“Oh,” Flower says, as she starts to calm down. “Well, that’s a relief!”

Instead of jumping on the welcome wagon like everyone else, I decide to keep my silence for now and see how things turn out. Daren, who also seems to be in no hurry to rush towards Flower, grabs me by the shoulder and whispers in my ear:

“I don’t trust that banshee, Barry,” he says. “The girl seems nice, but that’s not a good enough reason to assume the same about the evil spirit she’s harboring inside her body. Try to keep your guard up around her.”

Flower is now approaching us, and starts to address Daren.

“I’m sorry, I still didn’t get your name…” she tells him.

“Daren,” he says. “The name’s Daren.”

“You don’t really like me very much, do you, Daren?” the girl asks, with a concerned tone.

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