The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction by Philip Athans & R. A. Salvatore

Author:Philip Athans & R. A. Salvatore [Athans, Philip & Salvatore, R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781440507298
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2010-06-18T07:00:00+00:00

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DRAFT TWO

Bronwyn stared up at the imposing silhouette of the king’s castle. The walls, made of rough-cut karnstone, were thirty feet tall, and from the shadows at the edge of the Hindrid Forest, she watched as a pair of guards slowly made their night rounds, appearing and disappearing between the battlements. Both were elves, like their king, but unlike Bronwyn they were red elves—more like the dwarves in surliness and general ill humor. As she waited for them to disappear into the watchtower she considered the climb. Her pack weighed almost seventy pounds, so she would need to leave it behind. If anyone happened upon it in the night—and bandits were common enough in the Barony of Gildé—all they’d get away with was maybe a few gold coins’ worth of camping supplies and beef jerky. And in the case of the jerky, she thought, good riddance to bad company. She shrugged the pack off and strung one of the arm straps around the low-hanging branch of a sipplewood, though she doubted that would keep the chitterbits out. She wanted to bring her lute with her—that was worth more than a few gold coins—but she knew she’d have to leave it behind. She had to get in and out of the castle in less than an hour, or she’d never make it back in time to save her mother’s life.

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