Tower of Zanid (2012)
“His neck felt as if it had acquired a permanent kink from last night’s fall. Gradually, as he pulled himself together, he remembered finding Gazi not yet returned… Where was she now?
He sat up, and called. No answer.
Fallon sat on the edge of the bed for a few seconds, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes and jerking his head this way and that to exercise his wrenched neck. Then he got up and searched the house. Still no Gazi. Not only was she gone; she had taken her clothes and minor possessions with her.
As he prepared breakfast with shaking hands, his mind wandered over the various possibilities. Fallon might have reflected that, after all, in Balhib, women were free to change their jagains whenever they pleased. But just now, the mere thought that Gazi might have deserted him for Kordaq roused such rage as to sweep all other considerations aside.
He choked down a cold breakfast, pulled on his boots, hitched up his sword and, without bothering to shave, set out for the... barracks at the east side of the town.MoreLess
He sat up, and called. No answer.
Fallon sat on the edge of the bed for a few seconds, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes and jerking his head this way and that to exercise his wrenched neck. Then he got up and searched the house. Still no Gazi. Not only was she gone; she had taken her clothes and minor possessions with her.
As he prepared breakfast with shaking hands, his mind wandered over the various possibilities. Fallon might have reflected that, after all, in Balhib, women were free to change their jagains whenever they pleased. But just now, the mere thought that Gazi might have deserted him for Kordaq roused such rage as to sweep all other considerations aside.
He choked down a cold breakfast, pulled on his boots, hitched up his sword and, without bothering to shave, set out for the... barracks at the east side of the town.MoreLess
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