The King's Ring by Sam Ferguson

Author:Sam Ferguson [Ferguson, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragon Scale Publishing
Published: 2016-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

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When the five of them finally came close enough to shore that they were able to walk in the shallow water, they were beyond exhausted. Even Garret struggled to put one foot in front of the other as they waded out from the gentle waves and up onto the sand. Each and every one of them fell to their knees on the sand. Sorbiy thanked Osei for deliverance, while the dwarves both bent down and were busy kissing the wet sand.

“Any idea where we are?” Garret asked.

Kelden nodded. “About one hundred and twenty miles north of Kobhir. Not quite half way to Khatthun.”

Sorbiy rolled onto his back and stretched out on the ground. “That is an awfully precise distance. How in Hammenfein could you know that?”

“While I am on holiday, I sometimes take a ride up the coast. I have camped not too far from here.” He pointed up the sandy coast to a hill where a line of tall cypress and yew trees grew. “There is a spring not far beyond those trees. I watered my horse here before.”

“I don’t suppose you happened to leave any boots or shirts?” Pinhead groused.

“No,” Kelden replied flatly.

“How about rum?” Pinhead asked. He stood up from kissing the sand and moved to poke Kelden in the chest. “Don’t think I have forgotten about the jug of rum you owe me!”

Sorbiy cut in as he rose to his feet and twisted his back to the left and then to the right. “Water before liquor, my good dwarf.”

“That’s rich, coming from a sailor,” Pinhead quipped.

Sorbiy’s eyes went wide and he frowned at the little dwarf. Pinhead just started walking, grumbling to himself and muttering about how intolerable humans were.

“Bah, don’t mind him,” Redbeard said. “He gets grumpy when he hasn’t eaten for a while.”

“Or when he is thirsty, apparently,” Garret observed.

Redbeard nodded his head and then thumbed at his brother. “I best go on after him,” he said as he unceremoniously jogged to catch up with his brother.

“Alright Kelden,” Sorbiy started. “I figure on the sea I outrank you, but on land, you should probably take the lead. What’s our next move?”

Kelden nodded and pointed at the two dwarves. “Let’s get them to that spring. Fresh water will do us all some good. After that, we need to make our way to Rasselin. I have a score to settle.”

Garret held his hands out and shook his head. “I don’t mean to sound like a whining child, but you do remember we have neither shirts nor shoes, yes?”

Kelden nodded again. “Come on, I’ll show you a few things.” They followed Kelden up the slope of sand and into the soft grasses of the forest beyond. Redbeard and Pinhead stopped when Kelden caught up with them and waited until he got his bearings and then pointed off to the north. He led them through the trees for about fifteen minutes before they came to a grove of a dozen catalpa trees.

“These trees love the water from the

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