Half a War by Joe Abercrombie

Author:Joe Abercrombie
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
ISBN: 9780007550272
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2015-05-26T23:00:00+00:00

Raith licked his lips. ‘I could talk to her …’

Scaer darted out a hand and he couldn’t help cringing, but she only placed her cool palm ever so gently on his cheek. ‘Do you think I would be so cruel as to pit you in a battle of words against Father Yarvi? No, Raith, I think not. You are no talker.’

‘Then …’

‘You are a killer.’ Her brow creased, like she was disappointed he hadn’t seen it right off. ‘I want you to kill her.’

Raith stared. What else could he do? He stared into Mother Scaer’s eyes, and felt cold all over. ‘No …’ he whispered, but no word had ever been spoken so feebly. ‘Please …’

Pleading had never won anything from Mother Scaer. It only showed her his weakness.

‘No?’ Her hand clamped painful tight about his face. ‘Please?’ He tried to pull away but there was no strength in him and she dragged him so close their noses almost touched. ‘This is no request, boy,’ she hissed, ‘this is your king’s command.’

‘They’ll know I did it,’ he whined, scrabbling for excuses like a dog for a buried bone.

‘I have done the thinking for you.’ Mother Scaer slid out a little vial between two long fingers, what looked like water in the bottom. ‘You were a king’s cup-filler. Slipping this into a queen’s cup can be no harder. One drop is all it will take. She will not suffer. She will fall asleep and never wake. Then there can be an end to this elf-madness. Perhaps even peace with the High King.’

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