The Argent Swords by Sharon Green

Author:Sharon Green [Green, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DAW Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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"It doesn't feel much like spring up here once the sun goes down," Foist commented, reaching his hands closer to the fire they all sat around. "Are you sure this is where we want to be, Rull? There hasn't been a single sign or trace of Softy since before we started riding on rock."

"She headed up into the mountains, so we're heading up into the mountains," Rull said, staring into the strengthening dark beyond the fire's domain. "I said that yesterday and I said it this morning, and I'll repeat it every hour if you want me to. If any of you get tired of hearing it you can turn around and leave, but I'm going on. She's up there and riding into trouble, and when she needs me I'm going to be there."

Jak saw Foist and Ham exchanging worried looks, but not because they intended to take Rull up on his offer to let them leave. It was impossible not to notice that their Fist leader was a good deal more … intense than he'd been, and in a very odd way. He was clearly no longer hoping he would find Softy, he was now convinced that he would. He also somehow seemed … dreamlike in his intensity, but not unsure. Despite the lack of sign he led them upward into the mountains without hesitation, as though he were following a map they hadn't been allowed to see.

"I think we'd better eat now," Jak said, taking his eyes away from his Fistmates. "Since I have second watch, I'd like to get some sleep before I'm called. And if Softy is going to need us, we'd all better get what sleep we can."

Foist and Ham muttered something in agreement and began to get to their feet, but Rull just sat where he was, staring out into the dark. It was two days since they'd last trusted him to stand a watch, but he hadn't noticed. The old Rull would have chewed their ears off for passing over him like that, but now? Not a word.

Jak sighed and also got to his feet, hoping things would somehow work out. Rull was in for a big disappointment when - and if - he found Softy, but maybe the cold truth would snap him out of whatever fog he floated in. They all knew it had better, or Rull would never survive the fight he thought he saw ahead of them. Which might, with nothing else changing, turn out to be for the best for all of them…

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