Matthew Maine—The Voidwalker Saga

Allena mounted her horse and galloped out of Stormhall toward Tanzik. She furtively checked her clothes and sleeves for blood. She found one smear on her sleeve and her heart quickened as she swallowed the lump in her throat. She held her hand over the stain and tapped into the energy of the Void to bring a flame from her fingertips to burn the area. She could explain a burn better than blood. The whole situation made her sick to her stomach, but she didn’t have time to slow down. Eventually she made her way to Tanzik a few miles down the road. He slowed to let her catch up. He looked at her and saw messy hair, sweat on her brow, tears in her eyes, and a scorch mark on her sleeve. She was noticeably breathing heavily as well. “You okay? You look like you just saw a murder.” Her heart skipped a beat and she forced an awkward smile. “No, just… talking with Lura took longer than I expected, I had to ride pretty fast to catch up, I’m just winded. Caught my arm on a torch on the way over I ...

The room was quiet for a moment as Lura had revealed that the secret she was keeping was potentially fatal. Tanzik nodded slowly. “Will you be safe outside the city?” “Oh, I don’t think I’m safe anywhere. But I won’t know the extent unless I finish what I came for. Best we, uh, continue this discussion out of earshot of the authorities, right?” “Right,” Tanzik said. They left the castle and headed to a public garden full of vivid flowers, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Tanzik and Allena sat down on a bench while Lura paced nervously in front of them. “So is this why you were in the study?” Allena asked. “Best you don’t know the details. But yeah.” “Lura, if you’re going to travel with us, we need to trust each other,” Tanzik said. “Whatever’s going on, we have your back. You can tell us.” “Fine, if you insist. I’m doing a job for a contact so I can find out what this coin means. I burned him pretty bad last time we worked together so I owed him a favorbefore he’d introduce me to a coin...