Cloaks and Daggers by Jay Aury

Author:Jay Aury [Aury, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

Duels

Felix’s old mentor, Dorin the Ironhanded, had a theory about armour. “Armour be a lot like a woman, laddie. Any will do in a pinch, but ya need tha right fit to do anything worthwhile with it!”

Felix hadn’t exactly known what he meant until later. Much later. In fact, had he known how much later, Dorin probably would have broken a rib laughing.

Felix sighed at the memory of the old dwarf as he examined the armour in the stall. He missed Dorin, Claudia, and even Trign, the friggin’ loon. He’d traveled far with them, fought many battles against the horrors come to menace the Twin Kingdoms. He missed them, but at the same time, didn’t dwell too much on it. They were gone, he was here, and he had to accept that. Felix was intensely practical in that respect. He’d buried many friends over the years, fighting against Tiberius and the Black Circle, along with the innumerable horrors that sorcerer had dragged from nameless pits.

A war now over. But then, there was always another war. Felix had been thinking about that when Auria had entered the building, leaving him outside. He hadn’t replaced his clothes he’d taken from the bandit. Washed, yes, but after Solita they hadn’t passed another sign of civilization before reaching Vassara. He’d quizzed captain Davina on where to find a blacksmith’s shop. She’d pointed him towards the merchant district with a smile. Or what passed for one in the twilit city.

Felix quite quickly had realized he was out of place among the streets. Most of the populace were the plum skinned elves like Auria, slim and elegant as a dagger. But there were a few others. Mostly fair young men and women, a very few paler elves, and a few more brutish creatures. All had been wearing a curious looking collar, some leashed to the hand of a barely clad elf. It had been an uncomfortable scene to pass through, and Felix had been glad when he found the blacksmith.

Of course, now that he was here, he was finding a fairly obvious issue. He eyed the armour before him, all of them delicately elaborate as those worn by Auria’s house guards, all clearly built for a far slimmer build than his. Felix grumbled. Well, what did he expect, really? He lifted one piece, expression puzzled at why anyone would so brazenly want to draw attention to their codpiece. His thumb found a button, and with a click the codpiece snapped open.

“Ah! A connoisseur I see.”

Felix jumped, spinning about to find a slim elf in a workman’s smock. The elves’ eyes were gleaming in a faintly manic look and his teeth were inlaid with jewels. The dazzling smile made the rune knight squint as the elf grinned.

“What?” Felix gaped.

“Oh don’t be shy good sir! Let me guess. Your mistress bid you fetch her a set so the two of you could do battle in the bedroom eh? Eh?”

Felix edged away from the rapid winking of the elf’s eye and the twinkling of his teeth.

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