Chapter 94 - 95
The last thing he needed was to be the cause of another accident like on the day that Caedmon had first taken off his original limiter, especially in front of his other uncles. Since there was nothing he could do about all of his jewelry, he could only hope that his uncles assumed he was the sort to wear such things for superficial sakes.
"There’s no fault in that. You know you best, after all."
Alistar was the first to notice the sudden flare up of several life signals on the fringes of his magical awareness. Even though he suspected that they were partially masked by some sort of unknown method, he had never detected auras so vibrant and heavy. Interestingly enough, the signals in question disappeared almost immediately after they revealed themselves, though Alistar could still detect small traces of them along the distant pathway that led to Mayhaven if he closed his eyes and focused intently. He didn’t do this, however, and instead connected eyes with his teacher, who also hadn’t seemed to have noticed.
"What is it, Alistar?"
"They’re almost here."
Anice gave a bitter groan and lay her head back down on the table.
"Where abouts are they?"
"They should have left the city’s west gate a few minutes ago. I think they were trying to let us know that they’re close, since they fully exposed their auras before masking them a moment later."
Mr. Albeck nodded and stood up from his seat. "This is a pretty common way for mages to let others know of their presence." Frowning, he went on, "It just makes one wonder why they would do this from so far away." Giving the three of them a firm, encouraging smile, the sharp magus straightened his robes and walked over to Caedmon and Alder to let them know of their guests’ arrival.