========== Chapter 7 Sergeant Jabari took another sip of tea. She knew she shouldn’t, that it would just make her bladder hurt even more, but her mouth was so dry she figured it was worth it. The shack they were hiding in was old and dusty; the slightest movement would raise a cloud to make […]

========== For the first time, Rogier was on shopping detail, which meant he would be joining several other students and the cook on a trip to the market. The cook, of course, visited the fish market down by the seadocks, and the meat and produce market where Rogier had once roamed, every day. Many vendors […]

========== They gathered at the Boreas Gate to High City, blocking traffic and earning shouts of anger from carts and passers-by, which they studiously ignored. In addition to the six dozen city constables with their sergeants and all armed and armored for combat, the Captain also brought his own personal force of a dozen veterans. […]

========== The Palace was unusually crowded. In addition to the King and Chuang, Commander Britomartis and Captain Ragnarsson of the Constabulary stood nearby. Sergeant Ng and Sergeant Jabari stood farther back. The Chief Artificer, Marcus, stood on one side, next to the Alchemist, their assistants behind them. “So, Marcus, now that the cistern and tunnels […]