The Magic of Logic by Iona Cottle
“Another mage corpse. Give it to the priests and get on with guard duty.”
Bellus’ ears pricked up. Was that another one? With a quick check to make sure that the quarter-master wasn’t watching he slipped out the armoury line and made his way across the room to the captain. “Another one captain?”
“What- Oh gods no. No Bellus. Don’t you have other work to do?”
“But sir-” It wasn’t the first time they’d had this conversation, but that was never going to put Bellus off. He pulled out the sketch that he had on him. “I can figure it out. Look- all of them were killed in the same way, a single knife stab to the chest-”
“What the- why do you have sketches of dead mages?”
“So we can compare them to the other bodies…”
“Look, Bellus.” Oh man, he knew that sigh. That was the sigh that meant he was going to get dropped on palace guard duty for the next week, just to stop him asking awkward questions about dead mages. “Mages kill other mages all the time. It...
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Bellus’ ears pricked up. Was that another one? With a quick check to make sure that the quarter-master wasn’t watching he slipped out the armoury line and made his way across the room to the captain. “Another one captain?”
“What- Oh gods no. No Bellus. Don’t you have other work to do?”
“But sir-” It wasn’t the first time they’d had this conversation, but that was never going to put Bellus off. He pulled out the sketch that he had on him. “I can figure it out. Look- all of them were killed in the same way, a single knife stab to the chest-”
“What the- why do you have sketches of dead mages?”
“So we can compare them to the other bodies…”
“Look, Bellus.” Oh man, he knew that sigh. That was the sigh that meant he was going to get dropped on palace guard duty for the next week, just to stop him asking awkward questions about dead mages. “Mages kill other mages all the time. It...
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Summary: Bellus, a young guard, investigates a series of mage murders despite being dismissed by his superior...
Review: This story follows an eager young guard, Bellus, as he defies authority to solve a series of mage mu...
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