Modesitt, L.E - Spellsong 01 - The Soprano Sorceress by Modesitt L.E

Author:Modesitt, L.E [Modesitt, L.E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Women Music Teachers, Magicians, Musical Fiction, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction, Women Singers, Science Fiction, General, Adventure, Marshall; Anna (Fictitious Character), Music and Magic, Epic
ISBN: 9780812545593
Google: DfO-o10EPg0C
Amazon: 0812545591
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1997-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

says Menares dryly. “And you need her abilities a great deal more than you need her body.”

“There is that.”

“Keep thinking that way, Behlem. Otherwise, Eladdrin will pull Defalk down around your ears—our ears, I might say.”

The Prophet swallows the last of the wine in his goblet. “ never have what I want always some problem What about this Lord Hryding?”

“He lost half his levies and most of his trained armsmen in that battle for the Sand Pass. He couldn’t stop fourscore of your armsmen. So he escorts the sorceress to you and hopes for your favor. Send back a few golds and a scroll. He’ll support you, and it will cost you almost nothing.”

Behlem nods. “What does it gain me?”

“You can announce tomorrow what you did last night to the captains, that yet another old lord of Defalk has seen the wisdom of supporting you. If you can announce one every few days, before long, no one will dare oppose you, not openly.”

The Prophet refills his goblet. “She is beautiful, and it is not just her appearance.”

“You had best hope that Cyndyth does not discover that is how you feel.”

“So had you, dear friend. So had you.”

You summoned me, Lady Anna?” Daffyd asked, looking at the dusty stones of the landing where he stood outside Anna’s door.

“I just asked if I could talk to you.” Anna shrugged. “Before I knew it, the pages were running off, and I guess they dragged you up here.” She gestured to the chair by the table. “Why don’t you sit down? Would you like some water?”

“Ah yes.”

Anna could see the dampness around his forehead. She handed him the extra goblet. “It’s clean.”

“Your room is cool.” Daffyd finished the entire goblet in two long swallows. “That was good. Thank you.”

“I’ve had time to work up a few more spells. I don’t know that I could take it if it were as hot as it was when I got here.” She refilled the goblet. “I figured that if Brill could cool rooms I ought to be able to find a way, and I did. It’s so hot here.”

“It’s hotter here than in Mencha. It always is this time of year, and it gets hotter until harvest time.”

“How are your quarters?”

“I have a small room to myself, and it’s got a window. That’s something.

I managed to get some spare strings, too. One broke when I was practicing yesterday.”

“How are the players?”

“They’re players,” Daffyd shrugged. “Most aren’t as good as I am, or Liende or Kaseth, or even Jaegel. Lord Brill had the best. This bunch only knows a few dozen spell tunes.”

“Who do they play for?”

“Lord Behlem.”

“He knows sorcery?” Anna asked, puzzled. If Behlem knew sorcery, why did he need Anna?

“Most rulers know a few spells. Even Barjim learned a few, but they’re simple. Anyone can learn a spell, I guess, but what good is one spell, or even a few? And people who aren’t sorcerers can’t always sing the spells right, even the ones they know.”

And

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