Spellweaver: A Novel of the Nine Kingdoms by Lynn Kurland

Author:Lynn Kurland
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, General
ISBN: 9780425238639
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Published: 2011-01-04T06:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Ruith closed his eyes and simply enjoyed the feel of the wind in his face. It had been years since he’d last flown, and he’d never thought he would miss it. He’d been wrong. It was glorious, that soaring above the earth, made all the more glorious by the lack of it over the years. He didn’t imagine Sarah was enjoying it, so he tightened his arms around her. He supposed the fact that he didn’t have an elbow in his ribs for the familiarity told him all he needed to know about her opinion of their mode of transportation.

He also supposed he would be wise to enjoy the brief moments of pleasure he might have in doing something besides encountering what he was quite sure he would find along their quest. He didn’t want to say as much to Sarah, but he feared those moments would be few. Soilléir had given him nothing but abstruse hints about nothing in particular. Rùnach had been more specific about his aid, having given him earlier that morning a list of black mages to consider. He had a fair idea of who was still roaming through the world, but he would be the first to admit he hadn’t kept up with it as he should have.

He jumped a little at the feeling of Sarah’s elbow in his ribs. He bent his head over her shoulder.

“What is it?” he said, loudly to be heard against the wind.

“There’s something down there.”

He could see nothing at all, but that didn’t mean anything. He steered Tarbh where Sarah pointed, then smiled, pained, at her acerbic curses. Unfortunately, he suspected events were going to worsen before they improved. He put his mouth to her ear.

“See the lad there?”

“Chasing the other?” she managed. “Aye, ’tis Daniel. I don’t know who the other one is.”

“Can you see him?” Ruith asked in surprise. “Or can you, ah, see him?”

“I can’t tell the difference any longer,” she said with a shiver. “I’m going to have words with Soilléir after this is all over. I want him to put back whatever he took off my eyes.”

Ruith didn’t want to tell her that he suspected it was far too late for that. He simply cast a spell of un-noticing over them, asked Tarbh to consider a rather quiet landing, then waited until Tarbh had put talons to earth before he carefully swung down off his back.

He looked at Sarah, intending to tell her to stay where she was, only to find her clambering inelegantly off the saddle.

“I needed to stretch my legs,” she said hastily.

He might have believed that if she hadn’t stumbled and fallen into his arms. It was a fortuitous turn of events, but one he didn’t dare take advantage of. He waited until she was steady on her feet before he pulled away.

“I won’t be long.”

“You’re not going anywhere without me,” she said breathlessly, taking hold of his arm. She looked over her shoulder. “What is that fool doing?”

Ruith looked over her head.

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