Scorpio Assassin

Chapter six

Chapter sixThe first lunch proceeded in something of a silence after that.

Eventually the queen tapped her lips with a square of yellow linen and said: “Palines, I think. And then, San Chang-So, you will do what must be done. Have you discovered anything further about this new wizard?”

He said: “He comes from Whonban.” Chang-So’s voice held barely suppressed venom and envy. “From Nik-Whonban. Even so, this makes him a real Wizard of Walfarg.”

I perked up at this. By his robes and general demeanor he hadn’t impressed me as a genuine Wizard of Loh would. Here in Loh there were as many different sorts of sorcerers as there were in any other parts of Kregen, probably more, apart, perhaps, from Balintol. The real genuine Wizards of Loh came from Walfarg. After all this time I fancied I’d hav