Collection: Sage Eyes
The main series of Sage Eyes, the story of Simon and Tiffani.
Simon: WELCOME TO CAPITAL MITH.
Koracki: HHH…LLL...00.
Tiffani: WHY DID YOU LET HIM BELIEVE...?
Simon: WHAT SHOULD I HaVe TOLD HIM? THAT YOU'RE THE PRINCESS? BESIDES, HAVEN'T WE CANOODLED BEFORE?
Tiffani: THAT WAS YOU STEALING A KISS, NOT CANOODLING.
SO, WHAT NOW?
Simon: WELL, I'M GOING BACK TO THE REST OF SNAKE EYES. YOU CAN GO FIND SOME FRIENDS WHO WILL SHELTER YOU AND FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
Tiffani: WE CAN'T GO IN THAT WAY! I'LL BE RECOGNIZED!
Simon: YOU SURE?
Tiffani: YES! GET ME IN SOME OTHER WAY.
Simon: IF YOU SAY SO. WE COULD SNEAK TO THE DOCKS AND COME IN THROUGH THERE, IF DON'T MIND GETTING WET.
Stable Owner: YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST USE MY STABLES FOR YOUR... CANOODLING?
Tiffani: NO, NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT-
Simon: YOU GOT US. I'M SORRY. YOU SEE, SHE SERVES IN THE CASTLE WHILE I SLAVE AWAY ON THE RIVER. WE WANTED TO MEET UP, AND WELL...THIS WAS THE BEST PLACE.
I KNOW, IT'S CLICHE, MAKING OUT IN THE STABLES, BUT YOU WERE YOUNG ONCE, AND PROBABLY QUITE THE CATCH, LOOKING AT YOU NOW. YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE, THE THRILL... COME ON, DON'T DENY IT.
Stable Owner: JUST... LEAVE.
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Mari: Go, find her. Take Mero, the Faelys. He can sniff her out.
Simon: We will be staying with Tristan Heath. Tristan, this is Magerise.
Tristan: What a silly name! But it is my pleasure to host peasants. I have always been curious about your quaint ways.
Simon: Magerise here has a crush on the princess.
Tristan: Alayna? Everyone does.
Simon: No, the little one.
Magerise: Simon, stop! I never should have told you.
Tristan: Oh, but do tell. You have no competition from me. She is my sister-in-law.
Simon: And I'm fond of redheads myself. So I think we should help him.
Tristan: Quite impossible! He has no wealth, family ties, or looks. No offense.
Simon: But Magerise has something else. You need to practice your magic, so use a glamour to enchant her.
Magerise: What?!
Tristan: Magic! How dare... Actually, I do really need to see what desperate lengths peasants will venture for love.
Voice: You two! You're in trouble!
Simon: So where does Earl Hart fit into all this? Did he die?
Tiffani: What?
Simon: Earl Hart planned this, right? To trap us?
Tiffani: Mari told me there is no Earl by that name. He tricked me as well.
Simon: So he's a liar. But did he die?
Tiffani: I think so. Why?
Simon: Because the only reason I survived is an amulet he gave me. As if he knew what would happen. But why not protect himself?
Tiffani: May... maybe he did survive? I didn't see... Didn't notice. Maybe he thought I was dead?
Simon: What about Tenci, the thief in green?
Tiffani: I... don't know.
Simon: But...
Tiffani: I said I don't know!
Simon: Oops... sorry!
Tiffani: We're at the exit. It comes up in the middle of the stables.
Guard: Milady, please help me find them. I'll go upstairs, you go get the guards on the other side of the door.
Isabel: Simon! Tiffani!
Simon: How did you learn about this?
Tiffani: Alayna... We would hide in here as children...
Simon: Where does that hole go?
Tiffani: There's a secret tunnel that goes through the bridge and to the stable.
Simon: Wait, could someone get into the castle this way?
Tiffani: It's a secret! Not for your thief friends! Promise me!
Simon: Ro-
Prin-
Tiffani?
You were in there?
Tiffani: Yes... Wait, you didn't know it was me you were freeing?
Simon: I was just creating a distraction do I could escape. Why in Hutaz was the princess in jail?
Tiffani: So if you didn't free me... I shouldn't have left! They're going to think I'm guilty! I need to go back.
Simon: Probably a little too late to go back now.
Tiffani: Then where do I go?
Simon: Why ask me? Don't you have family?
Tiffani: My parents are... Gone. And everyone else thinks I did it.
Knock!
Fey: Isabel!
Isabel: ...Fey?! It is Fey, right?
Fey: I haven't heard from you since the dance. And I wanted to see you again. I thought we had something special.
Isabel: It was only two days ago. And if you didn't realize, last night the king and queen died. You should be wearing black.
Fey: We don't do that where I'm from. But wanted to come see you are doing. I'm sure the news has been hard.
Isabel: Well, it has been so confusing. But my brother and father are not so good at listening right now.
Isabel: I'm scared. They say magic was involved. I just can't understand. Who would do this?
Plus, Ti–someone I know was involve and I don't have any idea what will happen next. It's just–huh?
Simon?! I've got to go.
