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“Leaving the guild isn’t official. Most mages who leave or are kicked out are fairly unimportant. The guild isn’t worried about them. Let’s say I left the guild but they see it differently.”
“So you said ‘I’m out’ and they said no?”
Grant nodded. “That sums it up fairly well. They leave me be for the most part, but apparently this was deemed important enough to send the acting Magistrate himself. That’s almost enough for me to be honored.”
“But why is he here?”
Grant shook his head. “I don’t know, but I can assure you it isn’t anything good. Jameson doesn’t show up unless he thinks there’s a big payoff for him. My guess? He’s hoping I get weakened enough in the competition that he has a shot.”
“A shot at what?”
Grant’s gaze wasn’t on me, having moved in the direction Jameson had gone, his eyes narrowed for a split second before he turned back toward me, his face wiped clean for the suspicion. “It doesn’t matter. Others have tried before him, others will afterward. Now, have you eaten? Given that this time there are actual beings from the living realm, I believe there is a table of non-disgusting food just that way.”
I offered Grant the same look he’d given Jameson, one that said I know damn well he was up to something even if I didn’t know exactly what.
Then my stomach gurgled, and I realized putting nothing but tea into an empty stomach wasn’t a great combination.
“Fine,” I muttered, giving in.
Grant gestured toward the side wall, and I followed.
He was keeping secrets, but what was new? If I waited for Grant to be honest with me, I’d starve to death first.
