Gotrek & Felix [04] - Dragonslayer by William King

Author:William King [King, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Epic, Fantasy, General, Fiction, Science Fiction, Felix (Fictitious character), Gotrek (Fictitious character)
ISBN: 9780743411578
Publisher: Games Workshop
Published: 2003-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

Felix staggered back into the room he shared with Ulrika. He was none too steady on his feet and his efforts at moving quietly seemed to be failing horribly. Already he had kicked over a chamber pot, and sent his sword tumbling to the floor with a loud metallic clatter. Despite her stillness on the bed, he knew Ulrika was awake. He wondered how long she had been waiting for him. “So you’re drunk as well,” she said. She sounded angry.

“You’ve been drinking,” said Felix stupidly. “I thought you were going to the king’s library to plan your route home.”

“No. Max was drinking.”

“You were drinking with Herr Schreiber.” Felix wondered at how much sullen jealousy managed to creep into his voice during that one sentence.

“No. I was in the library and he came in drunk.”

“And what did you do then?”

“We talked.”

“About what?”

“About the dwarfish language, as if it were any of your business.”

“You’ve suddenly developed an interest in dwarfish?”

“The maps and books in the library are mostly written in it.”

“That makes a certain amount of sense,” said Felix with unsubtle irony. He began to strip off his clothes and get ready for bed.

“You can be a nasty man, Felix Jaeger.”

“Apparently. And Herr Schreiber isn’t?”

“At least Max offered to accompany me to Kislev.”

Felix felt his stomach twist. He had not realised that her words could affect him so much. He threw himself down on the bed beside her, and glanced over. In the darkness her expression was impossible to read. Judging by her voice, she sounded upset. He paused to consider what to say. The silence stretched, a vast empty desert that threatened to swallow anything he could say.

“I would go with you to Kislev,” he said eventually.

“What about the dragon?”

“After it is slain…”

“Ah, after it is slain, you will go…”

“I have sworn an oath, and I know what you Kislevites think of oathbreakers.”

The silence stretched once more. She did not say anything more. Felix considered what to say next, but the beer surged through his brain, and the tentacles of alcohol-induced sleep dragged him down into the sea of slumber.

When he awoke in the morning, Ulrika was gone.

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