Two-Cats-Aaron-Kite by Aaron Kite

Author:Aaron Kite [Kite, Aaron]
Language: ita
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Adventure
Published: 2009-06-10T14:42:43+00:00

tled I will personally ensure that you experience the former in

order to satisfy your curiosity regarding how it compares to

the latter.”

There was more silence, and then more sounds of items

being moved over carpet, which meant-

I turned and sprinted as quickly as I could down the hall-

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way, ears only half-aware of the two speakers wishing each

other a pleasant evening, neither meaning it. Turning the cor-

ner as rapidly as I could safely manage, I didn't stop to ob-

serve them entering the hallway I'd just fled. I didn't worry

about the possibility of guards patrolling the hallways now

that I knew they were devoid of valuables and things of inter-

est. I simply continued on the carpeted path as quickly as I

could, my only concern consisting of making it to the third

floor balcony and leaving the premises as quickly as I could

manage without being seen.

What had I just heard?

Greybridge was playing along with something, and in a

manner he clearly didn't like or appreciate. Country estate?

He was not fond of politics – anyone with one ear and half a

brain knew that. What was happening to the estate that he

governed, and how did it fit in with me and what I was do-

ing?

What was this 'performance' that was required of him?

I arrived at the balcony and stood at the shallow railing

overlooking the cobbled path below me, frozen for a time,

momentarily uncertain of what I should do.

Well, I should get the hell out of there. Obviously.

Grabbing onto the decorative stone pillars of the railing,

and in a manner that would have made an acrobat gape, I

vaulted over the top and pulled myself back towards the keep

like a swing, depositing myself lightly on the second floor bal-

cony below.

I wanted to drop down to the main floor, the cobbled path

that led to the main garden. The two guards I had first spied

with their backs turned were still there, having barely moved

a single inch since I'd spotted them. The sound of my boots

dropping onto the hard stone of the garden path would cer-

tainly alert them to my presence.

198 Aaron Kite

Easy enough to take care of, I realized.

I reached into a small pocket on my left for one of the sev-

eral small marble-sized spheres I kept there. I didn't have my

wrist-sling on me, but that hardly mattered – they simply

needed to be thrown with enough force to break, and any

hard surface would do. Once I found the one that I wished, I

gave a quick glance to the two guards below and threw the

sphere onto the cobbles of the courtyard. Taking a deep

breath, I vaulted over the railing and followed it down.

This particular marble hit the ground and ... well, ap-

peared to do something entirely the opposite of 'erupting',

dimming the area around it. It would, for about six seconds or

so, remove all of the air from an area about ten feet wide from

where it had struck. Handy for putting out fires and torches,

disabling certain alarms and traps, or even occasionally mak-

ing people unable to breathe, causing them to panic.

Almost by complete accident, I

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