The Cutting Edge by Dave Duncan

The Cutting Edge by Dave Duncan

Author:Dave Duncan [Duncan, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-11-13T13:55:37+00:00


8

Inos marched into the parlor and shut the door. The fire had shrunk to a few glowing ashes; the room was chill. Some of the candles had gone out and the others were guttering.

Rap lay sprawled in one of the big pillowed chairs, looking as long as a jotunn. He glanced up at her gloomily. "Well?"

"He's sleeping now," she said. "He was pretty distraught there for a while, but I think he'll be all right."

Rap grunted in misery.

"Not much we can do, really," she said, "except hold him tight and love him and stay cheerful. "

Rap turned his mournful gaze back to the ashes in the grate. "No."

She perched on the arm of his chair. She had never seen Rap give in to despair before, and she was not going to allow it now. "I know he's big," she said, "but he's only thirteen. A thirteen-year-old in trouble needs his mother. "



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