Rune Mage: The Rune Mystic: Book Two by D. L. Harrison

Author:D. L. Harrison [Harrison, D. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The council chambers, where all the tower masters and mistresses met, was in the spoke corridor between the rune tower and the large central arena. He walked with Talia, apparently he didn’t have a choice, but Lia accompanied them and was a comfort at his side, because she chose to come despite Talia’s effort to have her stay behind.

He got why Talia had tried, Lia could be emotional at times, and she let her outrage speak out at times. She was protective of him, as he was of her. Still, he’d rather have her there, and if she told off the council that was a price they were willing to pay.

The large room itself had a seven-sided table. All the sides were wide enough to accommodate at least five chairs comfortably, so it was no effort to fit the three of them. There was also additional seating around the room, presumably for silent witnesses should they choose to show up to a guild council meeting.

He smiled, and nodded in greeting to Caley, who for some reason was attending and sitting right next to Aubrey, the life tower mistress. The earth tower mistress Elisha, and water tower master Jace also had guests, Carolynn for the former and Karina for the latter. It didn’t take long for him to realize how those three were connected. Perhaps those three were there as character witnesses of sorts? Of all the other mages in the other towers, he imagined those three knew him best. Carolynn and Karina knew who he was now, and Caley knew him eight months ago. His and Caley’s friendship had run its course, but not of their own choice, and they still at least exchanged formal greetings in sword practice.

He felt like he was on trial as he sat down, and in a very real sense he was on trial. Perhaps not for his life, he didn’t believe they would kill him out of hand, but his service and his magic could be ended. He hoped whatever that real threat was, that he posed, somehow, wouldn’t override their thinking. People often let fear guide them, even leaders.

Aubrey nodded, “First, let’s discuss the proposal brought to us last night by our newest member. I’m inclined to try it. There are a number of failure points I’ve identified. The largest of which is Vida could simply order us to attack and take him down, and we’d be honor bound to do so. There’s not much we can do about that one, except be persuasive. Hopefully, she will at least listen and consider our advice and proposal.

“The second issue is any talks about our rights with the princess will be in this room among the four of us and her. How do we communicate those things out to the enemy mages we hope to draw onto our side, when they’re all in the castle? Assuming we do come to an accommodation.

“The third and last issue I thought of, is of time. It could

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