The Windrose Chronicles 3 - Dog Wizard
The Windrose Chronicles 3 - Dog Wizard
“—Ellie Brue Mistress To King Pharidon II And One Of The Most Notorious Prostitutes In Angelshand “Let me alone ... Go away ... I swear to you I never killed you.”
Suspended inches, it seemed, above the poisoned seethe of dreams, Antryg opened his eyes and listened. Up here under the roof tiles the rain was very loud; the air smelled of wet dust where leaks dripped through and of herbed steam and soap from below.
He heard nothing more for a time, but, reasoning that anything was an improvement over what waited for him on the other side of the wall of sleep, he got noiselessly to his feet and pulled on his coat. As he crept to the top of the ladder, he heard a soft bumping, the scrape of furniture as weight caught at it, and a broken voice filled with terror and grief.
“Please ... please ... I didn't mean it. I never meant you harm.”
Otaro's voice.
Antryg slipped down the ladder, put aside the hanging that separated the closet, with its shelves of terra-cotta crock...s, from the main length of the baths.MoreLess
Suspended inches, it seemed, above the poisoned seethe of dreams, Antryg opened his eyes and listened. Up here under the roof tiles the rain was very loud; the air smelled of wet dust where leaks dripped through and of herbed steam and soap from below.
He heard nothing more for a time, but, reasoning that anything was an improvement over what waited for him on the other side of the wall of sleep, he got noiselessly to his feet and pulled on his coat. As he crept to the top of the ladder, he heard a soft bumping, the scrape of furniture as weight caught at it, and a broken voice filled with terror and grief.
“Please ... please ... I didn't mean it. I never meant you harm.”
Otaro's voice.
Antryg slipped down the ladder, put aside the hanging that separated the closet, with its shelves of terra-cotta crock...s, from the main length of the baths.MoreLess
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