The Dream Sanctum: The Eternal World by Kay Solo Read Free Book Online

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things disappearing, that’s not a problem we want to get worse,” Alastor
agreed.

 
    Unsurprisingly, Lindsay was the first one to
enter the Sanctum that night. She was standing in the Golden Capital’s city
square and waved cheerfully at the others as they approached.
    “Thank goodness you’re here!” she exclaimed
when they were close enough to hear. “That mean lady with the butterfly wings
was here. We made eye contact and it was awful. I think she recognized me.”
    “Don’t mind her,” Kwin said dismissively. “I
don’t know where she suddenly appeared from, but our current priority is
regarding things that are disappearing .
Unless, of course, you can think of a way to make her disappear as well.”
    Lindsay snorted and Kwin winked.
    “I jest, but only so much. She tried to scare
me away from the library last night. Luckily something else distracted her, but
this newcomer clearly believes herself some arbiter elegantiarum, and I’m
already starting to have serious issues with her. She is nothing more than a
walking, fluorescent inconvenience.”
    “Right, priority one is vanishing trees,
priority two is homicide. I think there’s room on our schedule for that,”
Alastor said, miming writing something down on paper. “Where do you suppose we
start our search, Kwinny? Did you manage to find out if the problem has a point
of origin, or if it’s happening anywhere at a greater frequency?”
    Kwin shot him an icy glare, but said nothing
about the nickname she hated so much. “From what I was able to tell, most
people witnessed the flickers in the areas between Anathor and Eres Village.
There were people from Kenna Village, Highwinds Refuge, Traveler’s Springs and
even Agura Shore Town talking about them. It sounds like we should start our
investigations in the west, and I think we should start at Anathor.”
    “Everything does start in Anathor,” Alastor
mused. “If that place disappears, who knows where new dreamers will end up?
Speaking of which, Kwin, when is the last time you fixed the wall?”
    Kwin rolled her eyes exasperatedly. Ella
looked completely confused, but before she could ask, Kwin spoke again.
    “We will get there fastest if we fly. The
airship flies too slowly and doesn’t go all the way. I’d like to start getting
to the bottom of this as soon as possible. I’ll see you all there.”
    Kwin stepped back, and with a snap of her
fingers, her bat-like wings appeared. She took to the sky and quickly vanished
from sight.
    “If I know her at all, she’ll get impatient
quick if we aren’t there soon, so let’s not keep her waiting,” Alastor said.
    “Wait!” Ella interjected. “What did you mean
when you asked her if she fixed the wall? Did she break something?”
    “Oh, no. See, when people first… Kwin is
actually… it’s a long story, I’ll fill you in on the way,” Alastor explained.
Ella looked momentarily appeased, and so they started on their way. They were
significantly slower than Kwin, mostly because they stayed back to keep pace
with Ella as she learned to fly, but they still made good time.
    As they approached Anathor, Kai looked for any
signs of trouble in the small town, but everything looked to be in one piece.
    “Looks like everything is in order,” Alastor
called, apparently thinking along similar lines. “Now let’s get down there and…
oh dear.”
    Kai followed his gaze and felt a jolt in his
stomach as he saw Kwin talking to a small group of people – and Semyaza was
approaching her from behind.
    Kai and Alastor sped up, intent on getting to
Kwin before Semyaza did. They landed quickly and ran up to Kwin, who looked
amused at their speedy arrival.
    “I did say to be quick, but you don’t have
to–”
    “Trouble from behind,” Alastor said quickly.
Kwin turned around and her expression immediately darkened as she saw the woman
approaching. The people Kwin had just been talking to looked awed by her
presence, but she swept by them as