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The Oath Bound Wizard - Her Majesty's Wizard 02



Christopher Stasheff




CHAPTER 1

Lovers' Quarrel



The horse was steaming, and Matt was fuming. They clattered in over the

drawbridge and past the guards with nothing but a perfunctory grunt. They

exchanged a glance and shook their heads.

Matt pulled up by the stables and tossed the reins to the first groom who

came running, then turned away on his heel, stalking toward the towering bulk of

the keep. The groom stared after him, shocked--the Lord Wizard was unfailing in

his politeness, with always time for a cheerful word or two.

But Her Majesty's Wizard was anything but cheerful, and in no mood to be

polite to anyone, least of all Her Majesty. The fact that he had to ride a mere

horse only made things worse. Of course, he had had to be content with ordinary
mounts since his dragon friend Stegoman had gone gallivanting off with his other

friend Sir Guy on an errand of errantry, a gallant mission to save the kingdom

of Ibile from the wretched stew of sorcery it had simmered into over the last

two hundred years--and, at the moment, Matt wished most ardently that he had

gone with them. The danger seemed of relatively little importance compared to

the simple fact of a mission worth undertaking. Not like this last little

fracas, which...!

He stormed up to the doors of the royal apartments, but as he laid hold of