Darkwar 1 - Flight of the Nighthawks by Raymond E Feist

Author:Raymond E Feist [Raymond E Feist]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-08-05T23:00:00+00:00

Zane looked pleased with himself.

'I've got some errands to attend to for the next two hours. Go and do whatever you wish, but try not to find too much trouble. Be back here in two hours and we'll have supper together.'

'Yes, Caleb,' said Tad as their stepfather left the room.

'What now?' asked Tad.

'I don't know,' answered Zane. 'We could just rest here for a while?'

'Too hot,' he said. 'I'd just as soon keep exploring and see if there's anywhere we might be /welcome?/someplace to have some fun.'

Zane grinned. 'You mean someplace where the girls won't spit on us just because we have an odd accent.'

'That, too,' said Tad, returning the grin. 'I hear there's a small plaza over by the eastern caravanserai gate where foreigners gather. Maybe there??'

As Zane pulled the door wide open, he was confronted by a momentarily confusing sight. A slightly portly older woman, dressed in the fashion of the Trueblood, moved down the hall to his right, followed by two beautiful girls. Both were dressed like their mother, in linen skirts fastened with brooches at the hip and wearing decorative torques around their necks. A great deal of beadwork adorned their hair, and rings and bracelets made a racket as they moved. One of the girls caught his eye and smiled at him, while the other seemed intent upon something her mother was saying.

Zane halted suddenly and Tad bumped into him, forcing Zane to step into the hall. The girl who had turned to see who was at the door giggled and moved aside, causing her sister to also look in the boy's direction. Zane was on the verge of uttering an apology for startling them, when their mother turned to see the two somewhat dishevelled boys, still covered in grime from their day in the city under the sweltering sun.

'Mamanaud!' she said, her voice rising to an angry tone and she pointed at the boys.

Zane turned to look at Tad and said, 'Mamanaud?'

Just then, two fists the size of hams gripped the boys' shoulders and the largest man they had ever seen shoved them hard, back into their room. Both lads collapsed in a heap, while in the hall, the older woman screamed what sounded vaguely like insults at them. The large man entered the room and pulled a very long, very sharp curved dagger from his belt.

Everything had taken place so quickly, the boys were not quite sure what had happened. The huge man took a menacing step towards them but suddenly a sword blade rested on his shoulder at the crook of his neck, and a voice from behind him said, 'Try not to move, my friend, unless you wish to bleed profusely.'

The huge man frowned and froze in mid-step, his face looking like a dark brown pumpkin with eyes and a tiny nose above his broad mouth. The woman shouted something unintelligible from the hall and a man's voice answered her. 'I'm sure it was all just a misunderstanding, madam, and the boys meant no harm or insult.

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