“So, where are we going again?” Sophie asked, sulkily.
“No, forget that,” Chrysanthemum gave Celia a hard look. “Why are we going there?”
“Look, Sophie needs to evade captors on all sides. Right?”
“Well…yeah?” Sophie tried to figure it out.
“So,” Celia smiled triumphantly, “we need an expert in avoiding capture.”
“What?”
“Oh…” Chrysanthemum groaned. “You mean her.”
“Yup,” Celia grinned. “I mean her.”
“Thank you kindly for explaining that to me,” Sophie snapped. “I’m really glad you didn’t keep any information from me.”
“Look, you have to stay hidden. Right?”
“Right.”
“So we need someone who has spent their whole life being hidden. Right?”
“Um…”
“There we are then,” Celia nodded. “We have to find Tala.”
“Who?”
“Tala Swallow. You’ll see. If we can find her.”
“What is she like?” Sophie asked.
“Amazing,” Celia grinned.
“Irritating,” Chrysanthemum muttered.
“Talented.”
“Arrogant.”
“Cheerful.”
“Frustratingly optimistic.”
Celia put her hands on her hips and looked at Chrysanthemum.
“You just don’t like her, do you?”
“Tala is…Tala,” Chrysanthemum sighed. “She is hard for a scholar to deal with.”
“Why?” Sophie glanced from one to the other.
Celia sighed, making a face at Chrysanthemum.
“Tala has amazing talent. She’s an impressive magician. Thing is…no one has ever trained her.”
“Oh,” Sophie said, dismissively. “Self-taught.”
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The Necromancer Trilogy: Prophecy
FantasySince the Dark Ages, the world of magic has been carefully concealed from mortal eyes. Yet that careful world is about to be overturned. The Necromancers, a dangerous cult exiled from the magical community, have a prophecy. It tells of the Night Pr...
