Legacy of the Devil Queen (Eve of Redemption Book 4) by Joe Jackson

Author:Joe Jackson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-12-01T07:00:00+00:00

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The Silver Chalice was never crowded before lunch. Usually there was only a handful of folks who worked the night having a drink to settle down after their shifts. When Kari entered, the staff was busy putting the finishing touches on their cleaning from the night before. A few people sat at the bar chatting and nursing drinks, but they didn’t even bother to look at Kari. The demonhunter swung her gaze to the corner of the room, where Amastri normally sat, but the half-elven woman was conspicuously absent.

When Kari turned back toward the bar, the innkeeper gestured toward the stairs. Kari wasn’t sure she was glad the man knew why she was there, but then she figured there was no real reason to get antsy about it. The barkeep told her to go to Room 207, and Kari bowed her head in thanks and took to the stairs. Five steps up, she wished she had used the privy first, and she had to laugh at herself. As if on cue, her baby gave her a swift kick, and she decided she’d better go do so before potentially talking to Amastri for a while.

Amastri still wasn’t in the commons when Kari returned, so she mounted the stairs again, being rewarded with a stiff shot to the ribs for her efforts. She ascended only one flight to the second floor, and quickly located Room 207. She knocked three times and then stood back. She could hear voices from inside, but they were speaking a language Kari had never heard before. She had half-expected it would be infernal, but she’d heard enough of that during her sojourn on Mehr’Durillia to rule that out, along with beshathan and syrinthian. She looked around, self-conscious, when she realized she was eavesdropping at someone’s bedroom door.

After half a minute, the door opened to reveal a gorgeous, exotic, black-haired human woman. She met Kari’s eyes and the strength of her gaze was impressive. The human woman said nothing, though, and eventually turned and made her way toward the stairs. Kari guessed they must have been speaking in one of the rare, secondary human dialects, but she didn’t care to speculate on what the woman was doing in Amastri’s bedroom.

“Ah, Lady Vanador, good morning,” Amastri said through the open doorway. She was in the back of the dormitory, inspecting her outfit in the mirror while she hung the tasseled golden jewels from her ears. “Do not be shy, come in.”

Kari stepped inside but kept her distance. The dormitory was lavish, and Kari had to wonder if all of the Silver Chalice’s rooms were the same. Though it was an inn, Amastri’s room almost looked like it was transplanted from a palace. “Friend of yours?” Kari asked with a gesture back toward the doorway, and she wondered why she would even ask.

“Hardly,” Amastri said with a sly smile. “You are not the only one who comes to see me early in the morning, Lady Vanador. Be careful before you make presumptions.

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