The Titan of Twilight by Troy Denning

Author:Troy Denning
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf, azw3
Tags: Giants, Kidnapping, Fantasy Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Fathers and sons, Fantasy & Magic, General, Fantasy, Fiction, Forgotten realms (Imaginary place)
ISBN: 9780786937981
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Published: 2005-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

The Queen's Tower

Brianna could not stop shaking. She sat in the listing angle where the pine floor met the chamber wall, Swad died in her own fur cloak and the woolen capes of five men-at-arms, but even that heavy armor was no defense against the insidious cold. It hung within the tower's stone walls like the memory of dead kings, its chill poi son seeping through all her layers to spread its biting salve over the soft flesh of her back. It came whispering through the arrow loops on gusts of frigid air, driving darts of icy numbness deep into her frozen bones. Even Kaedlaw's breath, wet and heavy against her skin seemed to sink deep into her breast, filling her with such a cool, dull ache that she feared her milk would turn to slush.

The queen knew she should find a way to warm the dark room, for Kaedlaw's sake if not her own, but she could see no way to do it safely. Even if the hearth did not lie on the high side of the floor, it would have been impossible to keep the burning logs from flying all over the chamber. The whole building was swaying in time to the titan's limping stride. To keep her from being battered to death, Avner had moved all the furniture into the foyer, where it had promptly fallen out of the yawning hole that had once connected the tower's second story to its stair turret.

Nor could she cast a spell. It required all her concentration to keep her feet braced against the floor and her back pressed firmly against the cold wall, and she could hardly let go of Kaedlaw long enough to make the necessary gestures.

Besides, Brianna suspected warming the room would do little to stop her shivering. She was caught in the grip of a despair colder than the stones at her back, more biting than the icy winds gusting through the arrow loops; with every beat of her heart she felt the fingers of her grief squeeze tighter, filling her breast with a chill lethargy as difficult to battle as the titan. Lanaxis had been born of the gods themselves; he was as old as Toril, and his power was second only to that of his almighty parents. If such a being wanted her son, what could a mere queen do to save the child? There was only one thing, and Brianna was loathe even to think of it.

A muffled groan sounded from the fireplace, and Brianna knew Avner was coming down the chimney-the only route to the third story without a stair turret. The young scout dropped into the empty firebox, then tumbled down the listing floor and came to a rest against the stone wall.

The tower swung as the titan took another huge step. Avner careened into the far wall, and a moment later came rolling back to collide with Brianna. He grabbed her leg and held on, then braced himself and sat up.

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