Eagle Sage by David B Coe

Author:David B Coe [Coe, David B]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Adult
ISBN: 9780812566864
Google: Q7mzchJl2DkC
Amazon: 0812566866
Barnesnoble: 0812566866
Goodreads: 371934
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2000-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

“Why would he do this?” Melyor finally asked. She looked pale, and she appeared to be trembling.

Jibb had to suppress a grin. It shouldn’t have surprised him; after all, she was ridiculously good at everything else she did. Why not this as well?

Dob shook his head. “I don’t know, Sovereign. That’s why I contacted you. Honid seems determined not only to defy you, but to flaunt that defiance by attacking your people. I thought you’d want to speak with him yourself.”

It wasn’t the story Jibb would have used. There were too many holes in it, starting with the obvious: why not have Dob and his men capture Honid themselves and then escort the renegade to the Gold Palace?

But Melyor had been determined to find out immediately what Marar was up to, leaving them with little time to prepare. And this was the best of the options they had considered.

“Very well,” she said with a nod. “Dob, I want your men positioned around the flat. Nobody comes in or leaves until I’m done in there. Understood?”

“Yes, Sovereign.”

“Jibb, Premel, you and your men come with me. We’re going to take the building. Once Honid’s men have been disarmed, the guards will take up positions on the first floor while the three of us and Dob speak with our rebellious Nal-Lord.”

“Me?” Dob said, his eyes widening in a display of alarm that had been rehearsed as well.

“Yes, Dob. I’m here because you failed to control one of your Nal-Lords. It only seems right that you should face him as well.”

“But—”

“Jibb?” Melyor said sharply.

In response, Jibb nodded once, and Premel pulled out his thrower and leveled it at Dob’s heart.

“All right!” the Overlord said quickly. “All right.”

The Sovereign nodded once and glanced around at the men standing with her in the alley. “You all know what to do. Let’s get this over with.”

Premel barked a command, and a moment later a phalanx of guards led Melyor, Jibb, Dob, and Premel into the rear entrance of the flat. Almost as soon as they crossed the threshold into the building a shaft of red fire sliced across through the air from above.

“Ambush!” one of the guards cried out. Instantly guards dived for cover and began returning fire.

Honid’s men continued to fire as well, although they did a remarkable job of keeping themselves concealed, and for a few minutes the building seemed to be consumed by thrower fire.

Jibb kept low to the floor and remained close to Melyor. After a time, he began to feel something burning in his chest, and he realized that he wasn’t breathing. This was the most dangerous part of their scheme.

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