Page 24 of Seer Prophet

Letting his smile turn oily, Dulgar tilted his head.

“I very much hope you will be pleased. We did try our best to meetallof your husband’s specifications in terms of skill sets and temperament. I assume you are aware of those requirements of his?”

I glanced at Revik, who lifted an eyebrow at me.

“Of course,” I said, smiling.

“Ah. Excellent. Then we can…save time,as you so rightly suggested, by more efficiently using our resources together. It will further give us all more time to get to know one another tonight, yes? To explore all the ways in which we might find mutual benefit?”

I leaned back, letting a warmer smile reach my lips.

“Thank you so much, my brother,” I murmured. “I am certain your inventory will be most impressive. And I very much look forward to our dinner this evening.”

Dulgar raised an eyebrow in return, smiling in that slimy way he had.

He turned his gold eyes back to Revik.

“You will stay the night with us?” he inquired politely. “I insist, my brother. Dinner, though I hope impressive on its own, will never give you an adequate view of the scope of our operations here. We have facilities that will charm even a seer of your stature, Illustrious Sword. I feel confident we can provide you and your wife comforts unlike any you have ever enjoyed. A much needed indulgence, I gather, given the chaos and strife over the past months.”

He smiled, his gold eyes sliding briefly down Revik’s body.

I definitely caught the suggestion there, too.

“Allow us to indulge you, my brother,” Dulgar added, that suggestion even more prominent in his voice. “…in the ways in which we excel at such things.”

Revik gave him a polite concessionary gesture.

He did not speak, however, and his eyes returned to me as I rose casually to my feet.

I felt Revik’s eyes on me still as I smiled at my female seer escorts.

“Shall we go, sisters?” I asked with a slight bow.

I felt that tension vibrate higher in Revik’s light.

I’m not leaving you,I told him again.You okay with that?

Yes.Though he whispered it, his thought was firm.

“Yes, Esteemed Bridge,” the seers in front of me murmured in unison with small smiles.

Still facing them, I took a breath.

Then I reached up, sliding my awareness into the Barrier?

* * *

?Into thehighest structures I can access in my light.

So very, very high.

Above the lights of these other beings.

Above the lights of infiltrators ringing Dulgar.

Above the construct over the Legion of Fire’s lair, and over Macau.

They twist in the darkness, bright as stars, connected to a pure white and blue light I love, if only because it instantly feels like Revik.

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