Chapter 9
Caedmon picked himself up from the floor. It felt as if he had been struck by lightning. Not that he’d ever been struck before, nor did he want to know how it really felt. Pukak moved quite quickly for an old man. Caedmon was sure he could take him down, even in his ordinary human body, but he wasn’t going to fight an old man.
Caedmon wiped the blood from his cut lip. “You can’t beat someone up for no reason,” he said. “A mage has a code of conduct, does he not?”
Ben walked into the room and glared at Caedmon.
“Ben said you put light into Alyna,” Pukak growled. “I know you’re not a mage. You’re a creature. But what exactly are you? Why are you infiltrating Amaraq?”
Caedmon rubbed at his jaw. “So that’s what this is about?” He chuckled. “I’m disappointed in Amaraq.” He tapped
