Heirs of the Prophecy by Smedman Lisa

Author:Smedman, Lisa [Smedman, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780786942909
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Published: 2002-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

shouted at the hole in the ceiling. “Enfold me in your protecting wings, I beg of you!”

Nothing. The only sounds were the gnashing teeth of the rats and a scraping sound in the ventilation pipe above that was probably more of their foul brethren, come to join the feast. It felt as though the rats were flaying his foot, peehng back the callused skin to expose the soft and bloody tissue beneath.

He tried again. “Lady of Air and—”

He gasped at a fresh wave of pain and heard a cracking, grating sound. The rats had gnawed one toe down to the bone. He gulped back a cry.

“Lady of Air and Wind, send me aid.”

A tear squeezed out of one eye. Down in this foul, close place, would his pleas even be heard?

Above him, a creature squeezed out of the ventilation pipe and began to fall toward him. For a moment, Leifander thought it was another rat. He raised his free hand and balled his fist, preparing to punch it out of the air, but an instant later the creature spread its wings, breaking its fall. It flew in a tight circle around the room. As it let out a loud caw, Leifander burst into relieved laughter. His prayers had been answered! There was no way a crow—even a young one like this—would have pushed itself through that narrow ventilation pipe without the hand of the goddess guiding it.

The crow hovered just above Leifander, wings fanning his face with a welcome breeze. Leifander spotted a loose feather in its tail and blessed the goddess for her gift. In another instant, he’d be able to transform, to slip wings and tiny crow’s feet out of the manacles and fly away. Ignoring the pain of the rats still gnawing at his foot, he strained up for the feather.

Before he could pluck it from the crow’s tail, the door leading to the cells crashed open, and hght flooded into the room. The crow, startled by the noise, flew up toward the ceiling. Cursing his ill luck, Leifander wrenched around to look at the door, ready to pummel the wizard’s

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