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Tempest Teapot: energy coiled in small space Epic Fantasy novel Demon’s Bargain #AmQuerying #F #R #YA #A Kahyla Tamrin faces a demon’s bargain where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.
!["[...] have something else I need to ask you about, and I want you to hear me out before you make a decision one way or the other.”
*What now?* “Aye?”
“When we go to the library tonight… you’re not going to be able to get there by yourself.”
“Thanks fer fuckin’ remindin’ me. Might’ve forgot otherwise.” It came out bitterer than he meant it, and he saw Archer flinch.
“That’s not-” He sighed. “Either I can carry you, which is doable but means that I won’t have a hand free to defend us if anything happens, or you can wheel yourself, which gives you more freedom but might tire you out.”
*Wheel…?* He knew wheelchairs existed, of course – you didn’t see many folks using ’em outside in Steepside, given the lay of the land, but they were common enough in the flatter bits of the city – but he’d not exactly paid much heed to ’em other than that. “Where the hells’re y’gettin’ a chair from?”
“Philip.”
*The cane. Reckoned it was an old injury, means that’s as healed as it’s likely to get if he was using a chair to get around before that.* “He alright wi’ you borrowin’ it?”
“He offered.”
“Right.”
Accepting the loan of the chair meant accepting the fact his legs weren’t going to start working any time fucking soon, and there was a part of him that wanted to throw the offer back in Archer’s face just for the implication alone. But what other choice did he have?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sw4wu2khare3t6kz3z5iyb2s/bafkreihcbuma2cjwpi3h4otgxc5lbzljcbqvpwefdj74p373cwe3rseani)
