Deed of Paksenarrion 02 - Divided Allegiance by Moon Elizabeth

Author:Moon, Elizabeth [Moon, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780671697860
Goodreads: 887858
Publisher: Baen
Published: 1988-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Their brush with death had not discouraged Ambros at all. He insisted that they go again the next day. Mal grunted; he was purple from hairline to jaw where the axe-haft had caught him, and he breathed noisily.

“I wouldn’t have said it before, yeoman-marshal, but I’m still head-thick from this, and I don’t trust my speed. A thick eye’s bad enough in daylight.”

“Then you can stay,” said Ambros tartly. “I’ve other yeomen.”

Mal sighed loudly. “By Gird’s arm, Ambros, I’m willing enough, but—”

“Mal, I can’t wait. I can’t. Something bad is going on here—I have to deal with it.”

“Ambros, we did well by scouting around before attacking the robbers,” said Paks. “Why not look for the place where the goods are moving out? That might be a better way in.” She was thinking of the tunnel at Rotengre.

“No.” Ambros shook his head stubbornly. “It takes too long—let the priest think we were frightened back by that monster. It’s a door-guard, I imagine—”

“Certainly so,” said Arvid.

“Then, when he knows we’ve killed it but have gone away, he may be careless for a space. A short space, in which we must strike.”

Arvid looked at him curiously. “Are you angry, yeoman-marshal, that I bade you stay back with the light?”

“I was,” said Ambros frankly. “Then I realized that you had to have light to fight. This time we’ll let another carry the flint—and another be prepared to light candle or torch for us as it’s needed. Now—to plans.”

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