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partner are wanted men. They stole something of value that my team was sent to recover."
Meghan narrowed her eyes at Sulana and answered with irritation in her voice, "I believe I know what you are looking for, but I don't know why it would be worth taking this man's life."
Sulana's face flushed and she looked down at the man with a frown. She sighed and looked up at Meghan. "Just let me see what he had with him, please." Meghan stared at Sulana a moment more, nodded once, and started out of the room.
I stepped aside to let Meghan and Sulana pass, and I followed them back out into the main room. After we passed him, Daven moved away from the fireplace and over to the doorway to keep an eye on the comatose thief.
Meghan crossed the room to a shelf, upon which sat an odd-looking box. Peering at it more carefully, I realized that the box looked odd because it seemed to be made completely of stone. The healer turned a clasp on the front and opened the lid. She reached inside and removed something. When she turned around, she was holding a small gold ring that was set with what looked like a ruby. The red gem sparkled in the candlelight as she held it out to Sulana. "Is this what you are looking for?"
"Yes!" Sulana said as she quickly but carefully took the ring from Meghan. "Thank you."
Surprised by the simplicity of the item , I blurted, "That's it? All this excitement over a ring?"
"Don't be foolish," Sulana said. "This is no ordinary ring." She narrowed her eyes. "Assuming this is the right ring," she added with concern, glancing at Meghan. "Well, there's one way to find out," she said, and she slipped the ring onto her finger. Sulana walked over to the fireplace and muttered something I couldn't hear.
Instantly, a slow pulsing sound came from Sulana's direction. She raised her arm, the hand with the ring extended in a fist. She slowly turned in a circle, and the pulsing sound picked up in speed. She lowered her arm. "This is it," she said with relief, and pulled the ring from her hand.
Meghan had watched with interest as Sulana completed her little performance. She nodded to herself as Sulana put the ring into a leather pouch and stuffed it into a pocket under her leather breastplate. "I suspected it was enchanted. May I know what it does?"
Sulana shook her head. "I appreciate your safeguarding it, but I'm under orders to divulge as little as possible about our mission and this artifact," she said apologetically.
"I understand," Meghan sighed, and then she added with a grimace, "The work of the Archives is always important and secret ."
"So you know something about who we are?" Sulana asked, narrowing her eyes at the old woman.
Meghan spread her hands and shrugged slightly, "Who else but the Archives would send an armed team lead by a Sword Sorceress to retrieve a vaetric artifact?"
Meghan's familiarity with the Archives surprised me, but I guess it shouldn't have. The Ward had to have come from somewhere. And I suspected that some of her healing talent involved more than just knowledge of herbs. She had never said anything about sorcery or the Archives during the time I had helped her. But then again, she would have had no reason to speak of such things with me.
Sulana chuckled once and said "I see you do know something about us." She looked over at the bedroom doorway and turned thoughtful. "Our thief is in no shape to travel, and I doubt we can wake him to question him, at least not without killing him in the process."
Daven appeared in the doorway. "Not a problem. He's already dead."
Meghan rushed into the room to see her patient. I turned to Sulana and asked, "Sword Sorceress?"
"Later," she promised dismissively. She made no move to follow Meghan into the room.
Meghan returned to the main room with a look of sad disappointment. "Your man is right I'm afraid. He's gone."
Sulana considered the new circumstances. "That both simplifies and complicates our mission. I had hoped to get information from the
Meghan narrowed her eyes at Sulana and answered with irritation in her voice, "I believe I know what you are looking for, but I don't know why it would be worth taking this man's life."
Sulana's face flushed and she looked down at the man with a frown. She sighed and looked up at Meghan. "Just let me see what he had with him, please." Meghan stared at Sulana a moment more, nodded once, and started out of the room.
I stepped aside to let Meghan and Sulana pass, and I followed them back out into the main room. After we passed him, Daven moved away from the fireplace and over to the doorway to keep an eye on the comatose thief.
Meghan crossed the room to a shelf, upon which sat an odd-looking box. Peering at it more carefully, I realized that the box looked odd because it seemed to be made completely of stone. The healer turned a clasp on the front and opened the lid. She reached inside and removed something. When she turned around, she was holding a small gold ring that was set with what looked like a ruby. The red gem sparkled in the candlelight as she held it out to Sulana. "Is this what you are looking for?"
"Yes!" Sulana said as she quickly but carefully took the ring from Meghan. "Thank you."
Surprised by the simplicity of the item , I blurted, "That's it? All this excitement over a ring?"
"Don't be foolish," Sulana said. "This is no ordinary ring." She narrowed her eyes. "Assuming this is the right ring," she added with concern, glancing at Meghan. "Well, there's one way to find out," she said, and she slipped the ring onto her finger. Sulana walked over to the fireplace and muttered something I couldn't hear.
Instantly, a slow pulsing sound came from Sulana's direction. She raised her arm, the hand with the ring extended in a fist. She slowly turned in a circle, and the pulsing sound picked up in speed. She lowered her arm. "This is it," she said with relief, and pulled the ring from her hand.
Meghan had watched with interest as Sulana completed her little performance. She nodded to herself as Sulana put the ring into a leather pouch and stuffed it into a pocket under her leather breastplate. "I suspected it was enchanted. May I know what it does?"
Sulana shook her head. "I appreciate your safeguarding it, but I'm under orders to divulge as little as possible about our mission and this artifact," she said apologetically.
"I understand," Meghan sighed, and then she added with a grimace, "The work of the Archives is always important and secret ."
"So you know something about who we are?" Sulana asked, narrowing her eyes at the old woman.
Meghan spread her hands and shrugged slightly, "Who else but the Archives would send an armed team lead by a Sword Sorceress to retrieve a vaetric artifact?"
Meghan's familiarity with the Archives surprised me, but I guess it shouldn't have. The Ward had to have come from somewhere. And I suspected that some of her healing talent involved more than just knowledge of herbs. She had never said anything about sorcery or the Archives during the time I had helped her. But then again, she would have had no reason to speak of such things with me.
Sulana chuckled once and said "I see you do know something about us." She looked over at the bedroom doorway and turned thoughtful. "Our thief is in no shape to travel, and I doubt we can wake him to question him, at least not without killing him in the process."
Daven appeared in the doorway. "Not a problem. He's already dead."
Meghan rushed into the room to see her patient. I turned to Sulana and asked, "Sword Sorceress?"
"Later," she promised dismissively. She made no move to follow Meghan into the room.
Meghan returned to the main room with a look of sad disappointment. "Your man is right I'm afraid. He's gone."
Sulana considered the new circumstances. "That both simplifies and complicates our mission. I had hoped to get information from the
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