Chapter 14
“Mykal.” Anna’s words came out in a whisper. Her voice was soft, and lyrical. Birds couldn’t sing as lovely as she just whispered. He already longed for her to speak again.
Mykal put out a hand to steady himself. He worried his knees might give out. He felt weaker than after performing magic. He remembered when he the sea serpents poisoned him. He had passed out before slipping into unconsciousness. That was how he felt now, like at any moment his face would rush the ground and he’d not even have the strength to throw his arms out in front to protect his protruding nose from getting flattened.
It was better concentrating on his mother’s voice. Every thought he’d ever had of his mother was of a beautiful woman, but she looked absolutely nothing like what he remembered. In thos
