The Weight of Scales

By Christopher Watson

In a world where divine abilities only manifest in women after the age of fifty, magic marks wisdom. Once the powers become apparent, a budding caster leaves behind her earthly ties to join a sisterhood where she learns how to serve the greater good.

Fifteen, and fresh from the five-year training period in the convent, Andrew heeds his first charge – investigate the raids around his birth city.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher Watson
• Release date: Feb 13, 2014
• ISBN: 9781625380173

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THE WEIGHT OF SCALES

Copyright © 2013 by Christopher Watson

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Published 2013 by Elsewhere Publishing

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This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission.

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ONE

THE DOUBLE-PAN SCALE dangling from Andrew’s left ear shifted before the one in his right. He slowed his pace and cast his gaze about to find the source behind the registration. Squat blackberry bushes exuding the smell of home grew twenty feet away on both sides of the long, wide road leading to Shellyberg.

Before being called, he would hide in those bushes to sling berries at wagons heading to Port Cassandra.

Patient, he would lay in wait long enough for crickets to resume their chirping, not tipping his hand to astute wagon drivers.

Whoever was here did not know that subtlety or rushed to ambush.

Using his teachings to hold an emotionless face, Andrew’s mouth watered at the opportunity to use his abilities. Since both earrings had shifted, The Laws of Balance allowed for him to react, in kind, to what may have been