CHAPTER 16
It was the spell. It was all in my head. I’m sure of it.
I think.
I shook my head as I sat by the fire with a blanket around me and a warm cup of tea in my hands to keep the morning chill at bay. The workshop was so calm this early, with the rising sun casting its lazy light over the walls. Still, I was agitated. Even if that was the effect of the spell and all of it was a hallucination, why? The spell was supposed to reveal the thing you wanted the most and I didn’t want the king the most. I closed my eyes and clenched my jaw. Why didn’t I think of puppies or food or even any damn memory of the Court of Wizards? Why him?
“Careful.” Burk’s voice snapped me back to reality and I was welcomed by a roaring fire. Burk whispered a spell and the blaze shrank to harmless flames.
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