Dawnthief-Chronicles of the Raven 1 by James Barclay

Author:James Barclay [Barclay, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Fantasy, Fantasy fiction, Epic, Magic, Mercenary troops, Elves
ISBN: 9781591027799
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2009-09-22T07:00:00+00:00

question him further without arousing suspicion. Laryon, on the other hand, would have no such problem. Styliann reached out his hand and pulled the bell chain by the fire. The wine he ordered would come with two glasses.

Time had become an irrelevant quantity for Ilkar long before Hirad’s kidneys finally failed. They went one after the other in quick succession, forcing the Julatsan to abandon all remaining sedation of his own body as his fight to save Hirad reached its last desperate stage.

‘Denser,’ he mumbled.

‘I know,’ said Denser.

‘Where is she?’

‘She’s coming. Hang on.’ Denser pulsed mana through Ilkar’s bruised back, the sense of relief serving only to heighten his aware-ness of his pain.

And so it had come to this. Hirad was dying, fading fast. Ilkar took everything he had and fed it into the barbarian’s failing body.

He was forced to ignore one kidney, letting it bleed and drain as he concentrated on the other. And all the time, his own cracked, bruised and aching body yelled for relief. His broken right arm sent waves of nausea through his head, his lower back seared as if it were atop a fire and his legs felt as though hammers pounded them up and down their length.

But it was a relief he was unable to grant himself – unless he let Hirad die. Nor could he ask it of Denser. The Xeteskian was already keeping him alive with almost his entire mana stream. Ilkar couldn’t fail to note the gasping breaths Denser was taking with increasing regularity. It was clear he had been less than honest with his assessment of his own injuries.

‘How long, Ilkar?’

‘Me or him?’ Ilkar gritted.

‘Isn’t it one and the same thing?’ Denser’s voice was appallingly tired.

‘Not quite. He’s got less than an hour. It’s his kidneys.’ And then, so suddenly that Ilkar had to think to maintain his flow to the barbarian, a new, strong anaesthetising warmth moved through him 238

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