Exalted 5 A Shadow Over Heave by Tim Waggoner & Exalted

Author:Tim Waggoner & Exalted [Waggoner, Tim & Exalted]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781588468710
Google: v8vBAAAACAAJ
Publisher: White Wolf Publishing, Incorporated
Published: 2005-06-01T06:00:00+00:00

Ravenwing lay flat upon a thatched roof only two buildings away from the alley where Maylea and her bodyguard hid. He’d become aware of them quite soon after he’d started following the purple-haired foreigner. Unable to believe his good fortune at seeing the second of his two targets out on the street, he’d hung back and allowed them to pass him. Then he followed, hoping that he’d soon get a chance to kill both Maylea and her protector in one strike. Not only would it be infinitely more satisfying, but if he succeeded, the reputation of Ravenwing the assassin would grow in stature, perhaps enough that he could raise his fees and retire to his beloved island all the sooner.

But now, lying on a roof in the Rookery and listening to the grunting and groaning of the prostitutes and their customers in the building beneath him, Ravenwing was curious. Why had the foreigner come here to the ass-end of Yane? It couldn’t be to partake of the dark and sordid pleasures the Rookery had to offer. The higher castes had the same sort of establishments in their sections of the city, just cleaner and more expensive.

Perhaps he likes his fun dirty, Ravenwing thought. If so, then he’d certainly come to the right location. Ravenwing doubted there was a filthier place in all Creation.

But what really perplexed Ravenwing was why Maylea had followed the man—and to here of all places. She’d almost died at Ravenwing’s hands last night. By all rights, she should be hiding inside her father’s quarters, too afraid to set foot in the royal courtyard, let alone leave the complex grounds. But here she was, sneaking around in the same pathetic disguise she’d worn last night. At least this time she’d had the sense to bring a bodyguard with her, though Ravenwing doubted the man would give him any trouble—certainly not as much as the foreigner had given him last night.

Ravenwing was contemplating how best to proceed, when out of the corner of his eye he detected movement.

He turned and saw someone skulking in the mouth of an alley further down the street. The newcomer was too far away to clearly make out many details, not even the gender, though he could tell that he or she was a Southerner. He supposed that it was merely one of the Rookery’s denizens, an opportunistic predator who’d also set sights on Maylea and her bodyguard as potential prey. If so, he or she would be no real competition for him. Still, his instincts told him that something more was going on here, and Ravenwing hadn’t become so successful at the art of assassination without heeding his instincts.

Ravenwing decided to wait, watch and see how events played out over the next few minutes. He had started this day with the intention of killing Maylea’s protector, and he still hoped to do so. But now he also wanted to assuage his curiosity. With any luck, he’d accomplish both goals before the setting of the sun.

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