Free Ajacii and Demons: The Ingenairii Series by Jeffrey Quyle

its blue hue, becoming a Jagine again. He continued the trip to Vincennes, and finished his journey in the apartment. He needed to find Bethany, so that she could help him withdraw money from one of the accounts he had set up in her name, and he suspected that his Jagine disguise would work as well as it had the day before.
    Bethany, I need to meet you at the bank by the riverfront square. I’ll be a Jagine again , he told her, hoping she was available to join him. By the time he left the apartment and journeyed to the square, Bethany had beaten him there.
    “ Alec,” she said quietly, giving him a hug. “Back so soon? Do you need money from the bank?”
    “ I do,” he said. “I need to take it to Krimshelm, then I’ll come back and spend the night, if I’m allowed.”
    “ Oh no, Alec,” she replied in such a serious tone that Alec drew up to stare at her. She smiled, “Princess Esmere has been in such a good mood all day, I don’t know if we can stand to have her smile at everyone for two days in a row!” she laughed.
    Inside the bank they withdrew the money and carried it outside. “Where shall I meet you when I return?” Alec asked.
    “ The green room in the palace. Give me a warning before you come,” she said, and then Alec was gone with the gold.
    He arrived in the corner of Perry’s office, where he found no one present. He was grateful for that; it spared him the need to try to explain why his skin was blue, and he quickly unloaded his burden of sacks of gold coins onto the floor behind Perry’s desk, then left the city and began traveling back to Vincennes. He was growing weary from the travelling he carried out during the busy day, but he felt great motivation to see Caitlen again. Bethany, I’ll be in the green room in just a few minutes , he warned her.
    Caitlen, I’ll be in the palace soon. I love you, he told his princess, before he made his next jump, and then his last trans-location before he was in the palace, where Bethany stood by the door.
    “ I know you’ve done it, but you’ve just traveled from Vincennes to Krimshelm and back since we were at the bank?” Bethany asked.
    Alec nodded, then sagged and slumped against her. “It takes a lot of energy to travel back and forth over long distances,” he explained. “Once I have a chance to rest I’ll be fine.”
    “ I hope so for your sake. The princess told me she knew you were coming back, and her eyes were sparkling. She isn’t going to want to just watch you sleep!” Bethany said.
    Alec smiled, then straightened up. “We shouldn’t keep her waiting,” he said as he motioned for Bethany to lead the way through the palace to the princess’s suite of rooms in the residential wing. They had beaten Caitlen to the room, and were allowed inside to wait.
    “ Oh Alec, you are back! This is wonderful,” Caitlen said as soon as she entered the room. She thanked Bethany and dismissed her as she hugged Alec. He felt a soft percussion, as he sensed her tapping the ingenaire powers.
    “ You seem content,” she murmured.
    “ I am. I’m very content to be with you again. Can we do this again tomorrow, or will you be too busy with some royal dinner or meetings with generals?” Alec asked.
    “ I’ll be available for you tomorrow night,” Caitlen assured him. “Very soon, probably later this week, the army will begin to move out. We’re going to start to take the campaign out towards the coast to begin to really defeat the enemy.
    “ I plan to go with them,” she told him.
    “ Having a royal court along on a campaign is a distraction for an army on the move,” Alec warned her. “I’ve done that. Keep your court small and minimize distractions, or better yet, only travel with them for a few days, then turn back and come to Vincennes and leave them alone to concentrate on fighting their battles,” he advised.
    “ I will. The generals told me much the same thing. I’m going to take the Black Crag guards as my body guard and