Lhind the Thief
“I croaked, wondering if she intended to kill me outright, or have me searched and then killed.
I sidled glances to either side, assessing my chances for escape as she leaned forward to tap one of her scarred hands on my knee.
“You have got to go directly to the capital and report to the Empress what has happened,” Kuraf said calmly. “You have magic to aid you, you know the situation, and being Hrethan, you will even be granted an audience whereas none of us would ever pass the gate. Then, once ...you are there, you can be put in the way of finding your own folk. I know the Snow Folk do maintain an embassy in Erev-Li-Erval.”
Sheer relief made me dizzier than twelve glasses of fermented cider could have. “Capital? Right. Most certainly,” I said hastily, the stash under my tunic weighing against my flesh.
Kuraf gazed at me with her brows slightly raised and her mouth quirked. Instead of saying anything directly to me, though, she tipped her head back. “Kee!” she shouted.
“Right here,”MoreLess
I sidled glances to either side, assessing my chances for escape as she leaned forward to tap one of her scarred hands on my knee.
“You have got to go directly to the capital and report to the Empress what has happened,” Kuraf said calmly. “You have magic to aid you, you know the situation, and being Hrethan, you will even be granted an audience whereas none of us would ever pass the gate. Then, once ...you are there, you can be put in the way of finding your own folk. I know the Snow Folk do maintain an embassy in Erev-Li-Erval.”
Sheer relief made me dizzier than twelve glasses of fermented cider could have. “Capital? Right. Most certainly,” I said hastily, the stash under my tunic weighing against my flesh.
Kuraf gazed at me with her brows slightly raised and her mouth quirked. Instead of saying anything directly to me, though, she tipped her head back. “Kee!” she shouted.
“Right here,”MoreLess
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