Page 143 of Long Live the King

“I know. Tis the thing I know more than anything. This terrible time ye are havin’ it canna last.”

She stood and squeezed my shoulder.

“I will see ye at dinner.”

She left across the courtyard and then it dawned on me, I had a terrible headache, and the hairs on my arm were standing on end.

Quentin was on the wall and he glanced down and pointed at his arm.

I nodded.

He looked around at the sky as if that might explain it.

Then he jogged down the steps and crossed toward me.

“You feel it, it’s the Trailblazer, right? I’m not losing my mind?”

“Nope, that’s what’s happening.”

He narrowed his eyes. “I guess that’s good news, they’re working on something.”

I glanced down at Archie. “You feel it?”

“Yeah, it hurts behind my eyes.”

He checked the page in the book again.

CHAPTER 60 - MAGNUS

USING THE TRAILBLAZER

AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH.The feelin’ was so intensely painful that I let go and shoved the Trailblazer as far away as I could get it.Nae nae nae.

Fraoch groaned beside me.

I vomited in the grass, I was on m’hands and knees.Och nae.

Long live the king, long live the king, long...

I winna live for much longer.

“What did ye say, ye’re mumbling...”

I daena remember.I retched, but m’stomach was empty, I sat, spent, head hanging, weakened.

How far did we go? Are we there?I couldna tell if I spoke out loud or in my head which was already clogged with the endless chant.

I heard Fraoch slide the horror machine closer. He said, “I canna read it, m’eyes are unfocused.”

“Ye are useless.” I was jokin’ — I rolled back so that I was lyin’ on the ground.

He kept staring at it, then said, “We hae gone further back by two months.”

“Och nae, wheesht, I daena want tae ken.”

“There is only one rule of Trailblazer, ye canna let go.”

“Aye, I see that now, tis unbearable. I am glad I dinna bring Dràgon, he daena deserve this.”

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