Ryell took a deep breath before knocking on the door. The student who’d led him to the archmage’s quarters had already left, her absence bringing an end to the Towers’ formalities. The first time he’d come here, he’d entered in company of Yoreus, so the overzealous mages left him alone, but this time he wasn’t so lucky, and high mages took their time contacting the archmage to confirm whether he, indeed, was expecting a Devanshari guest, while Ryell had to wait in the reception area.
The frustration of the time wasted didn’t help when he thought of the reason he was seeing Yoreus in the first place. The previous visit had had its consequences, since even though the archmage considered himself indebted to Ryell, he’d somehow gotten Ryell to run a simple errand for him, and the nature of th
