The Gods of Amyrantha by Jennifer Fallon

Author:Jennifer Fallon [Fallon, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Epic, Fiction, Fantasy, General, Science Fiction, Immortalism
ISBN: 9780732283360
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Published: 2007-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 36

'Tides, you didn't kill him, did you?'

Declan groaned, rolling onto his back, a little surprised to discover hard floor beneath him rather than mud, which was the last thing he remembered. The voice was gruff and impatient and vaguely familiar.

'He's waking up,' another unseen voice remarked.

Declan tried to speak, but discovered all he was capable of was another incomprehensible groan. His mouth was dry and he was certain his head had been cleaved in two. He felt rather than saw a figure squat down beside him. A moment later cool water dribbled across his lips.

'Thank you,' he managed to croak.

'You're welcome.'

Tides, I know that voice.

'Of course, I should just hang you as a spy and be done with it, you miserable Glaeban pig, but I need a favour, so I'm willing to give you a moment to explain yourself, before I decide whether or not to string you up.'

'Ricard Li.' Declan forced his eyes open and looked up. Sure enough, the Caelish spymaster was kneeling over him holding a water skin. He took the offered skin, drank a few more mouthfuls of water and then rolled onto his back. 'How did you find me?'

Ricard smiled humourlessly. 'Followed those two thugs of yours around for a month. I was about to call off the surveillance as a complete waste of time, actually, when lo and behold, who should turn tonight

up at The Lone Traveller's Inn, but the legendary Declan Hawkes himself.'

'I was on my way to find you, Ricard.' Declan pushed himself up on his elbows and looked around. They were in some sort of cellar, the only light coming from a lantern sitting on a barrel off to Ricard's left. There were several other men in the room, but he couldn't make out their faces in the gloom.

'I'm sure you were.'

'I wouldn't risk coming to Cycrane without telling you.'

'Funny, you seem to have forgotten about letting me know you crossed the border. Slipped your mind, did it?' Despite his words, Ricard offered Declan his hand and helped pull the Glaeban to his feet. 'Which also begs the question how you got here. By the look of you, I'd say you did it by tunnelling through the mountains on your belly using nothing but your bare hands.'

Declan glanced down at his filthy clothes with a shrug. 'You'd be surprised how close to the truth that is, Ricard.'

'Well, fascinated as I am by the how, I really am rather more interested in the why, my shady young friend. My people tell me you've been gone from Herino for a month or more, which I find astounding, given what's going on there at the moment. So, if you like the way that pretty head of yours sits on your shoulders, you'd better pray I don't find out you've been here in Caelum all that time.'

Declan feigned wide-eyed surprise. 'You have spies in Herino? Who'd have thought?'

'Don't give me any lip, Hawkes. Believe me, I'm not in the mood for it. Your king and queen are dead.

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