The Cog Chronicles Box Set by P M Cole

Author:P M Cole [Cole, P M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-23T22:00:00+00:00

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I watched them leave by the main entrance. Daniel taking his coat and tall hat from a cloakroom area and touching the rim of it in my direction before taking the exit with Grace.

I nodded, but once they were out of my sight I turned and ran back up to the first floor. Charlotte and Lucas were already waiting for me. He went to talk but I rushed past, instead moving to the stall that Daniel and Grace were attending an hour earlier. Lucas and Charlotte caught up.

A large sign covered the top of the stall.

‘Krycek’s Mysterious Potions and Arcane Scrolls’.

An old man, with a round flat hat covered in tiny silver stars, looked back at me over a wooden table that was covered in tied parchments and wooden crates full of tiny bottles.

He squinted through a monocle. “You want something?”

“About an hour ago. There were two young people here, a man and a woman. Umm they were tall—” I indicated how much so with my hand. The man looked at me with his mouth open. “—What did they buy from you?”

He frowned then went to turn away. “Don’t remember.”

“Ahem…” said Charlotte in his direction.

He turned back, his eyes growing wide.

“Answer the girl, Cedric.”

“I… don’t like to tell on my customers, you know that, Miss Charlotte.”

She leaned over the front of the stall. “Whisper it to me.”

He did and she leaned back, then turned, and proceeded to walk away. Lucas and I followed.

“What did he say?” I said.

“Not here. Let’s go upstairs.”

We were soon taking the ride into the sky and emerging into the large room of Charlotte’s home.

“Well?” I said.

“They asked for a potion made from Clarion root.”

“A truth potion?” asked Lucas.

Charlotte nodded.

I sat on the sofa. “Why would they want that?”

“It wasn’t even a strong one, either. Wouldn’t work on any being with magic in them. It’s more for the casuals.”

Lucas sat opposite. “So, they need to get the truth from a casual. I wonder who.”

I noticed Charlotte looking at me. “So?”

“So?”

Lucas joined in with the staring. “Oh yes. So?”

I realised they were referring to my lunch date. “It was strange.”

“I’m sure it was, but what did they say? Did they give you any clues as to why they were here?” said Lucas.

“Not really. I got the impression they were here for something important. Perhaps for Hades, but they never told me what it was. Daniel was… quite friendly.” The word friendly, in this context, sounded alien to me.

“Yes, we saw from the monitoring station.”

“Did you mention your mother?” said Lucas.

“Yes…” I felt guilty for having done so. I shuddered at the thought of Hades finding out she had met me. Then mocked myself again for having such a reaction. He probably already knew.

I leaned back in the sofa and sighed. “Daniel asked if he could meet me again. He said he will return tomorrow, and wait for me at the entrance at 10 a.m.” The thought of suppressing my emotions a second time was having the opposite effect.

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