02 The White Gryphon by Lackey Mercedes

Author:Lackey, Mercedes [Mercedes, Lackey,]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-04-10T20:53:57.688000+00:00

Nine

Skandranon spread his newly-dyed wings to dry in the hot sun, knowing he looked entirely too much like an oversized cormorant hanging its wings out to dry, and waiting for the inevitable sarcastic comments. Aubri would never be able to resist this opportunity. You look like a short-necked, crook-beaked, fisher-bird, old crow, Aubri chuckled from his position atop a pile of pillows in the cool of the shaded garden. Maybe one that ran into a rock because he wasnt watching where he was going. I cant wait to see the size of the trout youll pull up. I am the one with the taste for fresh fish, lazy Aubri, Zhaneel chided. You are as forgetful as you are slothful. She poked Aubri with a wingtip, then got up and circled Skan, eying him dubiously. You will be lucky if those feathers dry at all by nightfall, as humid as it is. Theyll dry, Skan said, with as much dignity as he could muster, given the undignified circumstances. Drake is good at this feather-painting business. He used every trick there was to make sure I dry out properly. Dont you remember how humid it used to get in the summer, when Maar pounded the camp with thunderstorms? Aubri shook his head. I think youre going about this all wrong. Damned if I know why you want to play the Black Gryphon again. These people already think that youre a murderernow youre dyeing yourself black and flying around at night? Are you trying to give them more reasons to point fingers at you? Skan growled under his breath, while he continued to fluff his body-feathers. Were they sticky? He didnt think so, but until they were dry and hed had the excess dye rinsed off, he couldnt preen them to find out. Theyll be pointing a lot worse than fingers at me if Im flying around at night as a white gryphon, he pointed out. Ive been shot at once already. If were going to help catch the real culprits, Ive got to find out how theyre getting at their victims. Drake thinks theyre using magic, but I dont think so, or at least, theyre not using magic all the time. I may not be the greatest mage in the world, but I can tell when someone has used magic and theres no trace of it. You can tell, when magic is working right, you mean, Aubri countered. Not even Snowstar is relying on what used to work anymore. Skan just leveled a look of extreme skepticism at him. I think theyre somehow sneaking onto the Palace grounds, maybe in disguise, lingering for a while to watch several potential victims, then taking the first opportunity they see. Or else they already live in the Palace, and theyre either servants or nobles. I think theyre outsiders, Drake thinks theyre insiders. He and Amberdrake had hashed out every possible combination of ideas, and they both had their pet theories. Amberdrake thought the murderers were

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