Mortals & Deities by Maxwell Alexander Drake

Author:Maxwell Alexander Drake [Drake, Maxwell Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Imagined Interprises, Inc.
Published: 2013-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

“I am not certain.” Arderi Cor shifted his feet, grinding a toe into something on the ground. “I fell in with a group of mercenaries. Somehow they knew there was a Mah’Sukai in Mocley and they believed that he—well, you—intended to destroy all of Talic’Nauth. They were very convincing.”

Alant Cor could not understand his brother’s hesitation.

Someone sent him here to kill me and he acts like he needs to protect them!

It made no sense. He had stepped into the Chi’utlan not even two moons gone! And on an island a thousand leagues from here. How could people know of this so soon? And why hunt him?

He looked at Elith. She had said very little, though her stance said she remained ready to get between him and Arderi if his brother made an aggressive action toward him.

If she is here to take me to her priests, why does she not? Why help me?

The fact that she had saved his life did not escape him. Still, she made him uneasy. “Well, Arderi, whoever sent you, I am not going to give them another chance. I am leaving this city.”

If this statement bothered Elith, she did not show it. She looked as if she had expected that answer and was ready to go. His brother, however, looked agitated, as if all the confidence he had shown earlier had evaporated. “Arderi, I am not asking you to go with me.” The sudden realization that he had no idea of how to get where he needed to go struck him, and he sat down hard on the crate once more. “Not that I have any idea how I am to find the place I am seeking.”

Arderi sat next to him and remained silent for a long time. Finally, he put his arm over Alant’s shoulders. “Nix. You are in trouble. Where you go, I go.” Rocking him gently, Arderi grinned. “The Cor Brothers! Just like you said.”

Despite himself, Alant laughed. “Not half an aurn gone you were bent on killing me. Now you want to help me?”

“Nix. Back then I was here to kill the Mah’Sukai.” He winked the way he did when he was younger—an over-exaggerated closing of one eye. “Now, I am here to save my older brother from a horrible death.”

“You always did think you were bigger than you actually are.” Stretching a kink from his leg, he looked up at Elith. “I suppose you are staying with me as well?”

“Her path lies with you. She sees this now.” Her answer did nothing to make him feel better.

Still, at least I am not alone anymore.

Snapping his fingers, he jumped to his feet. “Sarlimac! He told me that a long time ago some Shapers mounted an expedition. Mayhaps he knows how I can find Sar’Xanthia! Or, at the least, get me a map.”

“Sar’Xanthia? The lost city?” Arderi’s brow knitted.

The fact that his brother even knew the city’s name made Alant stare at him with his mouth open. “You have heard of it?”

Arderi stood, his usual mischievous grin in full regalia.

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