Mercenary Little Death Bringer by Catherine Banks Read Free Book Online

accompany me immediately,” I said in
my serious tone.
    The men looked at each other and then turned
to the students. Master Sean said, “One on one training until we
return. We hear of any slackers and you’re running laps and doing
extra guard times.”
    “Yes, sir!” the students said together.
    I turned and the two men jogged after me
towards Macon’s office. I knocked on the door twice and then opened
it. “They are here, sir.”
    “Good,” Macon said from where he was pacing
behind his desk. “Favian escort Marin to her dorm and stay with her
until I summon you both. Masters please sit in front of my
desk.”
    “What’s going on?” Master Sean asked, “Why
the sudden call here?”
    “Are we being attacked?” Martin Martin asked
with excitement. He was the only one I knew who would want to be attacked.
    Favian and I made our exit and headed towards
the dorms. “I don’t need a bodyguard inside the damn grounds,” I
complained. I truly wanted to stay and hear what Macon had to
say.
    “He’s just trying to take precautions and
protect his student. He’d do the same for any student,” Favian
said.
    We walked the rest of the way in silence to
my dorm and then sat in the center of the floor. “I just want to
get back to training and finish up the program. I’m so close,” I
said softly.
    “We’ll get there. It’s only the first day. We
have three months of torture left.”
    I took my sword from its sheath and put it
underneath my bed, reaching further underneath to take out the
blunt sword we had to carry around while at the school and put it
in the sheath. I hated taking off my real sword, but I had no
choice here. “Three months isn’t that long,” I whispered.
    “Are you worried about what job you will get
after?” he asked.
    I shrugged. “Not really. I am up for any
job.”
    “Except being a member of the human’s army,
right?”
    I looked at Favian in shock. “I can’t believe
you even asked me that.”
    “Well you are human, Marin. It does make
sense that you might want to join with other humans.”
    Fear built up within me at his tone. “Is that
what you want? Do you want me to join the humans?” I asked him
quietly as I met his gaze.
    Instantly I saw the truth in his eyes and
felt the twist of worry ease from my stomach. “No,” he said, “Of
course I don’t want you to join the humans.”
    “Then we have no need to bring it up again.
The only king I serve is Cesar,” I said adamantly.
    We stopped talking and sat in silence for
half an hour. I know because I counted the seconds. Favian broke
the silence and asked, “Do you want to practice some magic while we
wait?”
    I wasn’t very skilled at magic, but with
Favian’s help I’d learned a few spells and incantations that were
beneficial. “Sure,” I said with a nod of my head.
    He scooted closer to me and crossed his legs.
“Put your palms face up on your knees like this.” I mimicked his
sitting position and did as he asked. “Now, close your eyes and
take a deep calming breath.” I did as he said and felt myself relax
a little more. “Okay, now you remember how to find your power?” I
nodded my head. “Good. I want you to find it and pull a small bit
of it into each palm.”
    This was the difficult part for me. I could
find the power, but it was hard for me to direct it. I kept my calm
and searched within myself to find the small spark that was my
magic. After finally finding it, I pictured sending bits of the
spark from my heart, down my arms and into my palms. I had to
picture it three times before I finally got it to work.
    “Good,” he said softly, “Now I want you to
change that spark into a flame.”
    I’d never tried that before. Could I change a
spark into a flame? How? I had to trust that he knew I could learn
it. I took another cleansing breath and imagined the spark being
changed into a flame.
    Nothing happened.
    I almost laughed at myself. I couldn’t change a spark into a flame. I