Shapers of Worlds Volume II by Edward Willett

Author:Edward Willett
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989398302
Publisher: Shadowpaw Press

At Caul’s door, I hesitated. Was getting him involved wise? I didn’t like the big oaf, and just being associated with him could mean trouble.

He’d been punished for using spells to pull pranks. Where he had learned his magic, I didn’t know. They didn’t teach it in our school. Yet somehow, he performed an illusion that tricked the village drunk into drinking piss. For that, the Elders threw him in the stocks for a day. But that didn’t stop Caul. He gave the most popular girl in school a bracelet that made her body turn blue. He said it was a mistake but refused to reveal the true intentions of his charm. To top it off, he had no idea how to get rid of the colour. This landed him in the stocks for three days. He was released only after he swore he’d stop doing magic. I figured he was lying and thought he should be locked up for good.

The last thing I wanted to do was beg him to use his ill-gotten abilities again. He probably didn’t even know how to get an anamnee to talk. If he did, he’d probably mess it up and land me in the stocks with him.

But the stocks would be nothing compared to losing Özge.

I knocked on his door.

“You?” he blurted, confused. We had barely exchanged ten words our whole lives.

“I need magic,” I blurted back.

“I don’t do magic,” he said loudly, in case anyone was listening.

“We all know you do.”

“I do not.”

“Fine,” I said, lowering my voice, “then I need some of the magic you don’t do.”

“Go to the general store. Buy a potion for your cow there.”

“It’s not for a cow,” I said through gritted teeth.

“What’s it for?”

I quickly showed him what was in the sack.

“Is that . . . ?” he asked, frowning.

I nodded.

He grabbed my jacket, hauled me into the house, and slammed the door.

“What’s a farm girl doing with one of those?” he asked.

It was a good question, and I didn’t have a good lie. “Reee-search,” I said.

“On an anamnee?” Caul raised his eyebrows.

“I’m . . . interested in magic.” The words felt wrong coming out of my mouth. They couldn’t have been further from the truth, and Caul could tell. I hated magic. It got me into this mess in the first place.

“If this is a trap . . .”

“I swear it’s not. I need to make it talk.”

He eyed me for a moment. “Why?”

I searched for an excuse. “It knows something . . . about someone I know. Something . . . I need to know.”

“Is that a riddle?” Caul scoffed. “Guess we’ve all got our secrets in this village.”

“Here,” I said, shoving my change purse at him. “Just give me a spell, or potion, or something, so I can leave.”

He poked at the copper in the purse. “With this piddly amount? No, you can’t leave with my product. Too dangerous. We’re doing it here. Together.”

“Dangerous?” I managed, feeling heat rise across the back of my neck.

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