All Chapters of The Magician's Revenge : Chapter 41
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Chapter 41
The sun had set before Mason and his friends reached the edge of Cireen. The city lay silent and gray. Ash flaked from broken walls. No birds flew. No animals stirred.Mason looked at the silent streets and felt cold in his chest.Aurora tightened her cloak. She looked worried. “I don’t like this place,” she said softly.Mason nodded. He did not like it either. The air felt heavy. Their footsteps made dust rise. The night wind whispered across empty buildings.They set camp near the old gate, broken stone, rusted iron. Aurora lit a small green lantern. Norra checked her gear. Elara looked at old maps. Holt, the storm mage, watched the dark city.Mason stared at a statue near the gate. A woman in robes, face cracked, hands reaching into nothing. Mason whispered, “She looks broken.”Norra answered, “Maybe she knows we should not be here.”Mason did not speak. He stared at the empty city. He felt the letter's weight again in his pocket and the echo of that strange rune on the paper.Thre
Chapter 42
Away from the furthest edge, beneath shadowy skies, Mason and friends were walking, gripped by cold winds, the east and south winds once carried songs of the little birds, and now everything stood broken. A new thing had turned up in John's family vault, a hidden library underneath his estate. Only four had gone there.Mason, Aurora, Norra, and John. Elara had stayed behind at the academy to keep watch. The vault smelled ancient. Dust motes floated in thin shafts of light. Books were lined along very tall shelves. Scrolls lay scattered on the floor.John closed the door softly. His expression was slightly nervous. “This library… it is special. A library that my family built. It contains some secrets concerning our bloodline and also about the veil between worlds.”Mason nodded. He held Severing Blade like a crutch. It had no power now, but the weight still rested in his palms. "Anything that talks about soul anchors, the mirrors, or governing lines needs to be found."Aurora stepped