The Obsidian Man by Jon Wilson

Author:Jon Wilson [Wilson, Jon]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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In the other room, Ardee was on her

feet. As she spun to face the door, she saw

Keone thrust his hand into the fire to grab a

burning log.

She shouted, “Speak!”

After a moment, a guttural voice

sounded quietly from without, “Laesombea.”

The ranger felt her forehead scrunch

into the folds she hated. She gestured to

Keone, who was also up, to stay back. She

moved to the door, slipped the latch, and

pulled it slowly open.

It had begun to snow. Flakes were

landing lightly on the faded cloak around the

old troll’s shoulders. He was standing slightly

back from the threshold, his staff nearly

horizontal to be nonthreatening. His empty

right hand he extended toward her, palm up.

“How fares the snow woman?”

Ardee’s frown deepened. Even a cagey

old troll should not have been able to reach

her very threshold without her hearing him—

she had heard Lorre take two steps. Had the

wine impaired her senses so drastically? If

so, it was the first time. But for a ranger, it

might take only one time. “She lives. How is

Bill?”

He looked past her, into the room. “Tell

the witch that I am not the enemy.”

She half-turned to look back toward the

fire. Keone was still holding the burning log.

Flames enveloped his hand. It was just the

sort of trick she had always despised. “Put it

down,” she said. He eyed her skeptically a

moment and then tossed the log back among

the others. His hand, of course, was

unharmed. She turned back to the door,

suppressing a quiver of revulsion. Was it any

wonder she detested stonedivers? “What are

you doing here?”

The troll looked off, over his left

shoulder. “Dreaming,” he said. “The child has

lost her way.”

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