Best of the Realms Book 2 by Ed Greenwood

Author:Ed Greenwood [Ed Greenwood]
Language: hrv
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy
Published: 2012-05-04T21:26:55+00:00

Lightning spat down at the tavernmaster, slashing aside glow-lanterns and washing, but Durnan calmly leaped aside, rolled to his feet, and resumed his steady walk a dozen paces ahead and to the left of where he'd been walking. He looked up through smoking rags and swaying ropes and remarked, "Ah. You cooked every slave who said something you didn't like, eh? This may be one reason why we've never heard of your stellar slaving career."

Lightning cracked again, and in its wake the young noblewoman shrieked, "Don't you dare mock me, tavernmaster! My master would have killed you, all of you, if it hadn't been for that-that snake-thing! You're very lucky to be alive to toss smart words my way right now!"

"Ye really should practice with that toy," Mirt growled, waggling one large and hairy finger her way, "if ye harbor any fond hopes of ever hitting someone with it."

At his shoulder, Asper frowned. "You served… the beholder?" she asked the woman aloft.

They were close enough now to clearly see Nythyx Thun-derstaff s slim lips draw into a tight line. She stared down at them, pale and trembling with rage, and said, "Yes. With Xuzoun, I wielded power and influence. Great lords poured me their best wines in hopes of gaining just the slaves they desired. You've ended that, you three, and will pay for doing so. This I swear."

"I've heard of consorts fathers disapprove of," Mirt rumbled, "but lass, lass, how could ye be so foolish?"

"Foolish?" Nythyx shrieked, thrusting forth her scepters to point almost straight down at their upturned faces. "Foolish? Who's the fool here, Old Wolf?" And she triggered both blast scepters with a snarl.

But Asper had been muttering something under her breath-and at that moment the catwalk bucked and broke apart as the blast star she'd left behind on it obediently exploded.

"Ye are, if ye know no better than to let us walk right up when ye had the power to torch us all," Mirt told Nythyx, as the young noblewoman tumbled helplessly down to the cobbles at their feet, futile lightnings sputtering forth to scorch the buildings on either side but finding no way to slow her killing fall.

Or almost fatal fall. A scant few feet above the stones Durnan rushed forward, leaped high to meet her, and cradled her deftly in his arms, crashing down into a crouch that took the force of her descent.

Nythyx stared at him for one astonished moment, then her face twisted and she raised the one scepter she'd managed to hang on to, aiming at his face-so the tavernmaster brought one expert fist down across her chin in a swipe that left her slack-jawed and senseless. Durnan watched the winking and sputtering scepter fall slowly from her hand. When it clattered on the cobbles, he kicked it to Asper, looked at the now-empty face of the woman in his arms for a moment, then swung her onto his shoulder for the long carry back to her father's arms in Waterdeep.

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