Wolfking The Omnibus: Books 1-4 by Sarah Rayne

Author:Sarah Rayne [Rayne, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Venture Press
Published: 2016-10-06T06:00:00+00:00

It was a terrible moment. Fenella stared at the others and tried to form her thoughts into order, knowing that this was the worst thing that had ever happened to any of them.

They managed to stagger back to the lee of the streets again, where the tall buildings afforded some protection from the frantic wind, but they had to fight every inch and Fenella thought the wind was increasing. The red glow was certainly stronger. How long could they stay out here?

Snodgrass said, ‘Some plot of Quilp’s, do you think, Floy?’ and Floy said grimly, ‘I do indeed.’

‘But-wouldn’t the others override him?’ asked Fenella, unable to believe that the Renascians would have agreed to something so monstrous.

‘There are two shelters,’ said Floy. ‘The occupants of one could have been told that we are in the other.’

‘And the occupants of the other would be told we are in the first. Yes, of course.’

‘Clever,’ said Snizort, shaking his head. ‘My word, he’s clever, that Quilp.’

Fenella asked, ‘Do you truly mean that he planned it?’ And heard her voice saying the words, and did not believe she was hearing them.

‘Yes. Yes, he has planned it,’ said Floy, turning to stare at the blind closed doors of the shelters. ‘Perhaps he planned it all along.’

‘Why?’

‘Well,’ said Floy, ‘I can’t be sure, but it would be a very easy way for him to be rid of us. It would ensure that he would be the unchallenged Council head.’ He looked at Fenella. ‘Forgive me,’ he said. ‘Perhaps I was impatient and rebellious with the Council. Perhaps I tried to change too many things too quickly and this is the outcome.’

‘Nonsense,’ said Snodgrass at once. ‘Quilp is out simply to snatch power for himself.’

‘And, perhaps, to protect his furtive little moneymaking schemes,’ said Snizort. ‘You were a threat, Floy, but not in quite the way you’re thinking. I never trusted him. Snodgrass, didn’t I always say I never trusted him?’

‘Even so,’ said Floy, immensely heartened by this, ‘I should have seen through his ridiculous little ploy. I should have been more wary.’

Fenella made an impatient gesture, because this was not something that mattered. What was important now was for them to find some kind of refuge until Renascia was out of danger. She did not think: if it ever is out of danger, because this was something else that must not be put into words.

‘I suppose,’ said Snodgrass, ‘that if we shouted and banged on the doors we would not be heard?’

‘No,’ said Floy, at once. ‘No, because one of the things we ensured was absolute sealing of both shelters.’

‘Could we shout through the grilles?’ asked Fenella. ‘We’ll certainly try,’ said Floy and was moving towards the shelters at once, his face set, his eyes blazing with fury.

Fenella thought: I would not like to be Quilp when Floy finally meets up with him. If Floy meets up with him. But this was another thought that was dangerous, and so she concentrated on keeping up with Floy,

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