Summoner 12 by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

The merchants stayed behind at the mansion to clean up the mess I’d made of the mayor, but Tenu surprisingly accompanied me as I wove my way back toward the edge of Qora. The bag I’d slung on in a blind rage back at the inn dug into my shoulder, and I slid my thumb beneath one of the straps to relieve some of the pressure.

Tenu was silent as we walked down the streets of the town he’d just inherited, and the citizens ducked into doorways and alleyways when they saw me coming. It was like they were taking shelter from a storm, but the storm was me.

To be fair, my boiling rage had quieted once Lino bled out at my feet, but now I felt strangely hollow instead.

You weren’t allowed adequate rest, Sera pointed out. You slept less than an hour before that pathetic assassin tried to kill you, and Miralea has been influencing you since.

“I know,” I sighed, but then I realized I’d spoken out loud when Tenu shot me a confused look.

“What did you say?” the boy asked in Southern. “You spoke strangely.”

Oops. I must have slipped into Mistral.

“Nothing,” I replied in the teen’s native tongue. “Just tired and talking to myself.”

Tenu nodded, and his dark eyes roved over my damp, blood-stained clothes.

“Are you injured?” he questioned.

“No,” I shook my head, “none of this is uh … mine.”

I knew Tenu held no love for his now late father, but it still felt strange to talk about how I’d killed him. Lino deserved it, though, and I didn’t feel any remorse over what I’d done.

Nor should you, Phi sniffed. The only regret you should have is that you didn’t make that pathetic coward’s suffering last longer.

Even if the Archons in my head were all vying for it, I knew I didn’t need to prolong the mayor’s death. He tried to kill me, and I repaid him in kind, but I wasn’t in the business of torturing my enemies. I wasn’t a monster, like I kept telling Sera and Phi. I was just a mage trying to stop another goddess from destroying the world so I could eventually go home.

It felt like ages since I’d left Mistral, even though I knew it had only been weeks. I missed Maelor, Cyra, Arwyn, and the rest of my friends. Even Gawain. I also kind of missed the Academy.

I couldn’t go back, though, not until Utuni was dealt with. So, I resigned myself to stay in the south for as long as it took, no matter what.

“Utuni’s Bane?” Tenu spoke up and drew me out of my musings.

“Huh?” I blinked and shook my head. “Sorry, I was lost in my thoughts. And you can just call me Gryff, by the way.”

“Gryff,” the boy tried, and my name sounded strange in his Southern accent. “We are almost to the edge of Qora.”

I slowed my pace, looked around, and realized he was right. The houses were thinning, and the road was wider here.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.