Anne Bishop by Shadows & Light

Author:Shadows & Light [Shadows & Light]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, General, Epic
ISBN: 9780451458995
Google: -RNSMO7QFs0C
Amazon: 0451458990
Publisher: Roc
Published: 2002-07-15T05:00:00+00:00

“Why do you want him to stay?”

Morag turned from the flower bed she’d been staring at to find Ashk standing a few feet away from her. She hadn’t heard the other woman approach, but Ashk always moved silently. “He seems like a decent man.”

Ashk nodded. “He seems to be.”

“When he mentioned going back to his ship, I saw a flicker of a shadow on his face, and when I went out to look at the men who came with him, I saw the same flicker. But Death isn’t whispering here. Death isn’t waiting for him but still might find him.”

Ashk studied Morag. “An accident on the road?”

“I don’t know.” She smiled, but there was no humor in it. “I can see only what I can see, Ashk. Only hear the messages Death sends.”

Ashk walked over to a bench and sat down. After a moment, Morag joined her. They said nothing for a while. Odd how a silence between them never seemed too long or too short. It was simply a resting place.

Finally, Morag said, “I’ll go with him tomorrow. Perhaps Death is waiting for him along the road and there’s nothing that can be done. But if he dies, I’ll always wonder if my being there would have made a difference.”

“We’ll both go with him,” Ashk said. “I think it best that I talk to the folk in that village—just in case the merchant captain finds himself needing a safe harbor.”

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