Chapter 28Nicolaj shook his head. “I wanted to give you something.”
“Oh?” That’s when Westley caught the nervous vibe wafting off Nicolaj.
The usually strong warlock looked upset, on edge, the likes of which Westley hadn’t ever seen from him. “Listen, West, I have a bad feeling about this, and though this voice keeps telling me to have you pull out of the competition, I know that is not the answer. So…I want to give this to you for extra luck,” he said as he grabbed hold of Westley’s right hand and dropped something into it. “Figure you’ll get more use out of it than anyone else.”
Opening his hand, Westley was greeted with the sight of a pendant on a short black cord. He studied the intricate spider web pattern molded out of some dark stone. A green stone formed a twig shape resembling
