The Familiars
“They stared down at the clear blue waters of the Ebs as the ferry glided toward the dock on the other side. The raft shook as a wave hit it, and Aldwyn realized he hadn’t felt seasick during any part of the voyage. He thought of what Jack had asked him during their bedtime conversation and couldn’t wait to tell his wizard companion that he’d be well suited to make many a long ocean journey with him into the Beyond. Aldwyn hoped Marianne didn’t have a similar wish to travel the world, as Gilbert... had appeared nauseated from the moment they had hit their first wave.Two sturdy men carrying pickaxes, whose shoulders were as wide as wagon wheels, walked up to the side rail. One of them held the Wanted poster in his hand. His fingernails were crusted with silver ore.“Animal fugitives?” he asked his fellow miner. “What do you suspect they did? Chewed up the royal slippers?”The two let out a nasty laugh.“The queen hasn’t been right in the head for months,” replied the one with the cracked boots, whose feet, Aldwyn couldn’t help but notice, smelled like spoiled bacon.MoreLess
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