Raven Flight A Shadowfell Novel by Juliet Marillier

Author:Juliet Marillier
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-07-08T22:00:00+00:00

With the coming of dawn the air slowly warmed, but the wind was a constant presence, whipping at our clothing, clawing at our skin. I offered to fish; Tali pointed out that she’d have to watch me anyway, in case I fell in, so she might as well be the one to throw in a line. In the event, I sat beside her, helping bait the hooks with morsels of shellfish. I gazed over toward Far Isle, wondering what the Hag was expecting me to do.

“I’ve been in tighter corners,” Tali said.

“Really?”

“Not much tighter, to tell you the truth. I wonder if the plan is that I teach you to swim and then the two of us splash back over there.”

“I hope you’re joking.”

She managed a lopsided grin. “I wouldn’t attempt such a feat even on my own, and I’m a strong swimmer. Have you considered that she might be testing your common sense? If there are Good Folk somewhere close, what harm in calling them now?”

“Not yet. We can last one more day, at least.” It surely couldn’t be as simple as that.

“Once our waterskins are empty, we’ll be in trouble without steady rain. And we can’t store much. As for the lack of shelter, that’s going to take a toll over the next few days. We’ll be cold and tired, and we’re likely to get impatient with each other. And we’ll become careless. I don’t need to spell out what that could lead to.”

There was a tug on her line, and all her concentration was on pulling in the catch. I watched as she landed a sizable codfish, which she killed with one quick blow.

“Good,” she said. “We eat today, at least, and save our rations for tomorrow. How are you at gutting and scaling?”

In response I put out my hand for the fish. “Why don’t you sleep while I do this? This may be as warm as the day’s going to get.” She made to protest, but I forestalled her. “I’ll sit up next to the shelter and I won’t go anywhere near the water. Promise.”

“Don’t leave fish guts all over the place. We’re going to get filthy enough as it is.”

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