The Tower Of The Watchful Eye: The Legend Of Kairu Book 1 Read Free Page A

Children being children,” he said with a dismissive wave.
“When you are facing a Mage in a real fight, you will learn to
appreciate it for what it is. I could really use someone like you
in my School.”
    “ I’ve never been good at attack spells,” I said hoping this
conversation ends soon.
    “ You could always be Silenced,” he offered with a
smile.
    “ No, thanks,” I answered.
    “ Suit yourself,” he shrugged. “The other Masters and I will
summon you for your Coming of Age Ceremony at Nightfall. You are
excused from classes for the day but try not to get into trouble. I
wouldn’t want to have to discipline you on your last day as an
Apprentice.”
    His smiled
said otherwise and I turned to get as far away as possible from
him. This would be the perfect time to hide from everybody in the
library for the next ten hours. With today being my last day, the
others will be looking to give me a ‘going away present’. I cringed
at the possibilities as my mind played tricks on me.
    When I was far
enough away from Master Pryce, I slowed down and walked at more
leisurely pace. With classes in session, I could enjoy the empty
hallways and feel the magic being used in each class. The hum of
the energy was strong even through the closed doors.
    I arrived at
the steps and begun my descent to my favourite library. It was the
library on the fourth floor and held the most books on history and
tales of Mages of old. It also happened to be the library that was
the most open should I need to make an escape. I left the stairs
and nearly ran through the open archway to my sanctuary.
    “ Andy!” the librarian called out with a huge grin when I
entered.
    “ Shhh, Tom,” I whispered.
    “ Are they following you?” he asked worried.
    “ No, but I don’t want them to know I’m here,” I
answered.
    “ Wait, shouldn’t you be in class?” he asked scratching his
head. “Yes, it’s too early. You’re supposed to be in
class.”
    “ It’s ok, Tom, Master Pryce said I didn’t have to go to
classes today,” I said trying to calm him down.
    “ I don’t like Master Pryce,” he said bluntly. “But if he said
so, then okay.”
    Tom was a
member of The Silenced, a group of ex-mages who were found guilty
of a crime and had the magic stripped from them. During the
process, their minds tend to snap from the stress and pressure and
they become simple minded slaves for the Order. The Masters use
them as a warning to the Apprentices and Mages that magic should be
used carefully.
    “ I brought back the book I borrowed,” I said handing him the
alchemy book.
    He smiled as
he took it. “Did you like it?”
    “ It was okay, just a lot of healing potions,” I answered. “If
I ever need a healing potion, I’ll come back for it. I want
something that talks more about the properties of plants in
Alchemy.”
    “ I like plants,” Tom smiled.
    “ You have the best plants in the whole Tower,” I said
motioning to his collection of potted plants around the
library.
    “ Not the whole Tower,” he said bashfully, looking at his
feet.
    “ The whole Tower,” I repeated.
    Without
looking up, he smiled, grabbed a watering can and started to water
a large leafy plant behind him. It is sad to see someone who used
to be a Mage reduced to such a simple being. I have no clue what
his crime was and nobody will even speak of it but watching him hum
softly as he watered the plants around the library, it couldn’t
have been that bad.
    I crossed the
large room to the section on plant life and browsed the titles. I
was looking for a specific plant, something that Tom called a Dalen
Flower. The other day he showed me the deep purple flower with
large petals and told me he had kept it hidden so nobody can find
it. When I asked where he got it, he just said it belonged to him
and that it’s dangerous. I made it my mission to figure out what it
was just in case Tom accidentally hurt himself with it.
    I found a book
entitled, ‘Exotic Flowers of