Summoner 11 by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“Everybody get packed!” I urged as I burst into the women’s room. “We’ve got Utun soldiers coming to question us, and we need to get out of town quickly.”

The three women were in the midst of a card game, and they looked up at me with shocked expressions as they slowly lowered their cards.

“Gryff, is that you?” Ashla asked with pure confusion on her face. “Why do you look like that?”

“Oh, sorry,” I replied as I realized my mistake, and I gestured at myself with a hand. “I had to get them off my trail when I was coming here. I think if I give us all different disguises before we go, we can slip out.”

“Sure,” Erin agreed with wide eyes. “We’ll pack up.”

“Okay, I’m going to tell the guys,” I said, and I shut their door before I moved on to the next one.

If somebody came into the hallway right now, would it be better if we looked like strangers or like the disguises we came in with? What was the best way to fool the Utun soldiers? If they asked the children or the stablewoman for my description, they would know what I looked like from yesterday, and connect it to my other friends. Then again, if the inn workers saw a group of strangers come down from the bedrooms, that might raise suspicions all on its own.

I opened the men’s door and poked my head in. Orenn was asleep on his bed with his mouth open, and Varleth was sorting through his travel pack on the floor.

“It’s me,” I told them quickly, “we’ve got Utun soldiers on our trail. Time to pack up and leave immediately.”

“It’s always fun hanging around with you, Gryff,” Varleth sighed from the floor. “I’ll wake Orenn up and get him moving.”

“Thanks,” I said. “Open the door when you’re ready, and I’ll put your disguises on.”

I shut the door after me, and then I used my key to go into the third room. My travel pack awaited me on the floor, and I pulled it on after a quick check that Erin and I weren’t leaving anything behind. Then I went back into the hallway as I pulled the door shut behind me.

The barkeeper hadn’t stopped me when I tottered in here in my old man disguise, but I wasn’t sure that would work for six entire people. Was there any way I could make us inconspicuous for all circumstances?

The women’s door opened, and Layla peeked out.

“We’re ready for the illusions,” she whispered.

“Alright,” I agreed. “We’re going to leave in new disguises, so bear with me.”

I stepped up to the door and put my hand over Layla’s wrist. Then I closed my eyes as I began to channel Phi’s magic, and I pushed on a new disguise for Layla.

It was practically the same as her old disguise, but I made her look younger than before. Perhaps the soldiers would mistake her for a young teenager who couldn’t possibly be wrapped up in all of this.

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