Del Rey Books - G. Keyes by The Infernal City

Author:The Infernal City [City, The Infernal]
Language: rus
Format: epub
Published: 2011-05-08T03:49:35+00:00

“I don’t know the answer to that yet, do I?” Attrebus said.

“I’m not here to kill you,” Sul assured him. “I’m not here to hurt you. We have a common destiny, you and I. We both seek the island that flies.”

Attrebus blinked. He felt as if the earth kept shifting beneath his feet. “You know of it?”

“I just said so.”

“And what is your concern with it?”

“I will destroy it or send it back to Oblivion. Isn’t that what you want?”

“I … yes.” What was happening?

“Then we are together, yes?” Sul said. “Now, should we go or wait around so that I have to fight the other two as well?”

“You didn’t have much trouble with these,” Attrebus noticed.

“Most men die surprised,” Sul said. “One of those two might have a surprise for me. I don’t fight anyone without a reason. I have you, and I don’t want slarjei unless we need to go south into the desert. Do we need to go south?”

“No.”

“Well, pick the direction, and let’s be off.”

Attrebus stared at him, teasing that out. Then he understood. “You don’t know where Umbriel is.”

Sul barked out something that might have been a laugh. “Umbriel. Of course. Vuhon …” He trailed off. “No, I don’t know where it is.”

“How do I know you won’t kill me as soon as I tell you?”

“Because I need you,” Sul said.

“Why?”

“I’m not sure. But I know I do.”

Attrebus considered his reply for a long moment. But really, what did he have to lose?

“East,” he said. “It’s over Black Marsh now, heading north.”

“North toward Morrowind,” Sul sighed. “Of course.”

“Does that mean something to you?”

“Nothing that matters right now. Very well. East we go, then.”

“Let me get my things,” Attrebus said.

“Hurry, then.”

Attrebus was glad Coo was in Radhasa’s haversack and not on her body. The idea of approaching her, seeing what Sul made of her, made him sick. True, she was a lying traitor, but she had been warm in the bed with him not long ago. Alive and beautiful, sweaty, enthusiastic—or so she had seemed. Of all of the women he’d been with, she was the first to be—well, dead. At least so far as he knew. It was upsetting.

Sul gathered a few things from the bodies, then led him upstream among the trees for some distance until they finally came to three horses—two roan geldings that looked as though they were from the same mother and a brown mare. One of the roans was packed up, the other two horses were saddled.

“Ride the gelding,” Sul said.

Attrebus sighed, feeling that was somehow fitting. A few moments later he was riding east with the man who had saved his life, wondering what would happen if he tried to run north, to Cyrodiil, to home.

And he had to admit that at the moment he didn’t have the courage or the confidence to find out.

SEVEN

Colin curbed the impulse to pace, but although he had walked into the room of his own free will—

and there was no evidence that he couldn’t leave it—he felt caged somehow.

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