Meredith Ann Pierce - Darkangel 02 by A Gathering of Gargoyles

Author:A Gathering of Gargoyles [Gargoyles, A Gathering of]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-06-01T19:13:47+00:00

The fortnight was only a dozen hours from daylight, Aeriel realized with a start. She sat with the suzerain in one of his great halls. They had just finished a feast in which the food had been more hotly spiced than ever. Aeriel had drunk half a pitcher of water to cool the burning in her throat. She felt dizzy and strangely hungry still.

A servant had brought his lord a bandolyn. The wood was ebony, the strings silver, the neck inlaid with ivory and shell. The suzerain sat tuning it.

“Why do you always turn away?” he asked her suddenly. “Whenever we sit or speak, you will not look at me.”

The tone was still a hair’s breadth off.

“In Terrain, where I am from,” said Aeriel, “it is not the custom to stare.”

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