Promise of the Witch-King by Salvatore R. A

Author:Salvatore, R. A. [Salvatore, R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
ISBN: 9780786952625
Goodreads: 16030196
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Published: 2005-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

“Better this than to enter the castle beside that troublesome dwarf,” said Davis Eng, his voice weak with poison.

Herbalists had come to him, and Pratcus had worked more spells over him. He would survive, they all agreed, but it would be some time before he even had the strength to return to the Vaasan Gate, and it would likely be tendays before he could lift his sword again.

“Athrogate?” Calihye asked.

“A filthy little wretch.”

“If he heard you say that, he’d crush your skull,” the woman replied. “The finest fighter at the wall, so it was said, and there’s more than a little magic in those morning stars he swings so cleverly.”

“Strength of arm is one thing. Strength of heart another. Has one so fine ever thought to enlist in the Army of Bloodstone?”

“By serving at the wall, he serves the designs of King Gareth,” Calihye reminded.

Flat on his back, Davis Eng lifted a trembling hand and waved that notion away.

Calihye persisted. “How many monster ears has he delivered to your Commander Ellery, then? And those of giants, too. Not many can lay claim to felling a giant in single combat, but it’s one that Athrogate all too easily brandishes.”

“And how do you know he was alone? He’s got that skinny friend of his—more trouble than the dwarf!”

“And more dangerous,” said Calihye. “Speak not ill of Canthan in my presence.”

Davis Eng lifted his head enough to glower at her.

“And be particularly wise to do as I say as you lie there helplessly,” the woman added, and that made the man lay his head back down.

“I didn’t know you were friends.”

“Me and Canthan?” The woman snorted. “The more ground’s between us, the calmer beats my heart. But like your dwarf, that one is better on my side than my opponent’s.” She paused and moved across the small room to the fire pit, where a kettle of stew simmered. “You want more?”

The man waved and shook his head. It already seemed as though he was falling far, far away from the conscious world.

“Better to be out here, indeed,” Calihye said—to herself, for Davis Eng had lapsed into unconsciousness. “They’re for going into that castle, so I’m hearing, and that’s no place I’m wanting to be, Athrogate and Canthan beside me or not.”

“But did you not just say that the dwarf was a fine warrior?” came a different voice behind her, and the woman froze in place. “And the skinny one even more dangerous?”

Calihye didn’t dare turn about; she knew from the proximity of the voice that the newcomer could take her down efficiently if she threatened him. How had he gotten so near? How had he even gotten into the room?

“Might I even know who’s addressing me?” she dared ask.

A hand grabbed her shoulder and guided her around to look into the dark eyes of Artemis Entreri. Anger flared in Calihye’s eyes, and she had to fight the urge to leap upon the man who had allowed her friend to fall beneath the wagon wheels.

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