The Hunters' Haunt by Dave Duncan

Author:Dave Duncan [Duncan, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9781585861149
Publisher: E-reads/E-rights
Published: 1995-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

The Hunters' Haunt

by Dave Duncan

executioner. Ven's shoulders heaved with his efforts to

breathe and he seemed to lack the strength or the will to

deliver the final blow. Then he raised his blade.

Vandok spun around and plowed over the bones toward

the cave, reeling, staggering, clattering. Ven just stood and

watched. The tyrant vanished into the dark abode of his god.

The wind surged. One vast howl exploded out of the

cavern and reverberated along the canyon. I think it was

Vandok's death cry, magnified by the rocks, but perhaps it

was all Hool.

Ven sank to his knees, partly in worship, partly in

exhaustion. We onlookers bowed our heads. His opponent did

not emerge, and nobody who had heard that dreadful shriek

would ever have expected him to.

We stayed where we were, huddled low and shivering until

Ven could struggle to his feet again and sheath his sword with

shaking hands.

“Father Hool, we leave you in peace!” he cried. “No more

will men desecrate your mountain with blood. But one day my

son will come and hold you to your promise, and his son after

him. My seed will reign over the two lands for all time.”

Silence ... The wind had shifted. And then one last, hollow

moan: “SO—BEEE it!”

A roar of triumph rose from the army below and filled the

valley, making the echoes ring, on and on. Those men had

viewed the drama and heard the god concede. They had not

heard Ven proclaim himself their king.

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