The Cost of Betrayal
“They spoke little. Qurrah assumed, correctly, that his brother prepared for practice. Harruq assumed, incorrectly, that his brother did the same. They parted, the warrior circling north around the tower, the necromancer heading southeast.
The center of Veldaren was blessedly empty. Qurrah sat on the edge of the fountain, dabbing a hand in the water. Nervousness gnawed at his heart. She had power, how much he didn’t know, but for her to dive into his mind and twist his own defenses against him s...howed a mind sharper than the blades his brother carried. Time passed, and the sun crawled its way above the walls of the town.
“Why do you delay?” Qurrah muttered. “Surely by no fear of me.”
More and more people passed by, giving him curious glances as they did. Still no Tessanna.
After an hour, he felt a very familiar thorn enter his mind.
You wait for me, he heard inside his skull, the voice delicate and shy.
I wish to speak with you, he replied silently.
It is more than that. You border on obsession.MoreLess
The center of Veldaren was blessedly empty. Qurrah sat on the edge of the fountain, dabbing a hand in the water. Nervousness gnawed at his heart. She had power, how much he didn’t know, but for her to dive into his mind and twist his own defenses against him s...howed a mind sharper than the blades his brother carried. Time passed, and the sun crawled its way above the walls of the town.
“Why do you delay?” Qurrah muttered. “Surely by no fear of me.”
More and more people passed by, giving him curious glances as they did. Still no Tessanna.
After an hour, he felt a very familiar thorn enter his mind.
You wait for me, he heard inside his skull, the voice delicate and shy.
I wish to speak with you, he replied silently.
It is more than that. You border on obsession.MoreLess
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