Chapter Five
Meikah let out a heavy sigh. “Why does everyone automatically think that? No, I’m not a necromancer. I’ve never been able to do magic, and no one in my family has been able to do it.” She sighed yet again. “I just have an unfortunate ability to see the dead. My grandmother has the same ability. Oh, not the one who travels with us. The other one. The one on my father’s side.” Meikah was tempted to grin at the thought of Sirena being able to see the dead. The urge faded nearly as quickly as it had begun. Her gaze again drawn to the crossbow. Had he lowered it slightly?
“I can’t help either of you. Necromancer or not,” the man said. “You’ll have to return to Port Mayren.”
“Now?” Meikah asked. “We’ve just dragged the wheel all this way-”
The man interrupted her. “Ten minutes i
