CHAPTER FIVE
The next day, I was up bright and early, well before the sun rose and before the small, sleepy town of Accord woke up. I had a quick breakfast of bacon and eggs, along with a huge cup of coffee to wake me up quickly. Simon clearly wanted to sleep in, because he was bitching about how early we had to get up. I didn’t pay his complaints that much attention, however, because I suspected that today was going to be a long day and I wanted us to get a head start on it. Plus, there was another, very important reason why we needed to get up this early as well.
The two of us strode through the darkened streets of Accord, illuminated only by the occasional street lamp or lights from businesses that weren’t opened yet. I saw no other people as we walked, mage or amage, which was fine b
