Bloodkin (2015)
“Vance jumped, but I was so used to Malachi’s ways that they couldn’t startle me anymore. He embodied the magic that allowed our guild to disappear into the woods, invisible to the serpiente guards who would like to kill us. Unless he made a point to be obvious, the half-white viper, half-falcon prophet could walk through a crowded room without drawing a single eye.
“Morning,” Vance said tensely, when at first Malachi simply looked at us as if waiting for one of us to say something.
Malachi blin...ked twice, then shook himself as if coming out of a cold lake.
“Morning, Vance,” he replied. “Are you going to the market today?”
Vance frowned, looking to me with obvious frustration, then told Malachi, “Yes.”
Many of our day-to-day supplies came from the serpiente market, or directly from the forest in which we lived, but other needs couldn’t be met locally. Midnight’s market had the best blacksmith—the only one who would actually deal with the Obsidian guild—and was the only place to find most goods produced by avians, the Shantel, the Azteka, or other even farther-off groups.MoreLess
“Morning,” Vance said tensely, when at first Malachi simply looked at us as if waiting for one of us to say something.
Malachi blin...ked twice, then shook himself as if coming out of a cold lake.
“Morning, Vance,” he replied. “Are you going to the market today?”
Vance frowned, looking to me with obvious frustration, then told Malachi, “Yes.”
Many of our day-to-day supplies came from the serpiente market, or directly from the forest in which we lived, but other needs couldn’t be met locally. Midnight’s market had the best blacksmith—the only one who would actually deal with the Obsidian guild—and was the only place to find most goods produced by avians, the Shantel, the Azteka, or other even farther-off groups.MoreLess
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