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.And, in the name of all the Goddesses, let them be careful.Wesuspect that a patrol of Black Shields will be following us as well.She concentrated, her head bowed to the ground. You, she said, looking up to the first man,  you and your groupwill travel between the Caravan and the Black Shield vanguard. Shelooked at the men and then at Sobrathi. Let s get going, people.We ve got much to do and little time to do it in.Tomorrow at thecrack of dawn the Caravan gets underway.We ll grieve for our menon the road. I must send for Jerruth.He is young, but capable.His youth couldmake him as good as invisible for the Black Shields.I m not taking anyrisks.I m sending a back up letter.286 Andrew AshlingAs Rahendo came out of the tower he saw a boy, about his ownage come out of the building where the records were kept.The guywas looking doubtfully at a parchment.He walked over to him.After all, he lived with the two head pagesand that made him, well, sort of an assistant head page, he figured. Can I help you? he inquired.He looked at the boy as if he was sure that, notwithstanding hisoffer, he was beyond any human succor. Rahendo of Eldorn, he presented himself.The young man looked up.Rahendo felt two lively, mischievouslymocking eyes check him out all over.They were set above a sharpnose and a matching face that was crowned with an abundance ofunruly curls.Both boys were exactly of a height.Their mouths wereat the same level, and so were their eyes. Ryhunzo of Uberon.I want to see you without clothes on. Yes. I want to look at your private parts.From very close by. Yes. I will touch you.Them. Yes. All over.Bonds of Fear 287 Yes. I may be tempted to use my mouth.I m not good with temptation. Yes. Do you want to see me naked? Yes. And look at my private parts? Yes.From close by, please. And touch me? Yes. All over? Yes. Use your mouth, perhaps? Oh, yes. Splendid, just splendid.Do you have a big dick? Yes.Very big. Even more splendid.I haven t, but I know some nifty tricks Ican do with the one I have.We should make this happen as soon aspossible. Yes.Not here though. No.We would draw attention to ourselves. Our very naked selves. Yes.This document says I must report to a certain barrack.Doyou know where it is?Rahendo took the parchment, read it and looked at Ryhunzowith eyes that spoke of impending doom and disaster, the end of all288 Andrew Ashlingjoy and merriment. This is no good, he whispered ominously. This barrack is anest of bullies. We hate bullies. Yes, we do.You must come with me, to my barrack.I have a bigroom there.And a big bed.No bullies.Only Obie. What s an Obie? I ll explain later.He s harmless.Leave him to me. Splendid, just splendid. You would have to sleep with me though. I was counting on it. I know.I sleep naked. Even more splendid.Have I told you already that you aregorgeous? No, not yet. You are gorgeous. Yes.You are beautiful. Splendid, just splendid.About seven miles north of Troncton stood a small inn, The BlackSwan, where Rullio had decided to make a brief stop for a quick drink.It took him barely ten minutes, and right after finishing his weakbeer he went to the back of the barn where he had tied up his horse.When he emerged again, leading it by the reins, he saw a group ofknights, clad in black, on the road, riding in southern direction. Damydas.So the king was right.This can t be a coincidence.BlackBonds of Fear 289Shields riding in the direction of Troncton just when a caravan is beingformed there.I should be in the Northern Marches at least three daybefore him.Finding out where the prince is can t be too difficult.Timeto begin thinking of a good story of how I came by the information Iwill be giving him.Ffindall Dram hadn t yet received the news that ten Tribesmenhad fallen by the swords of the Black Shields.He was working hisway through a stack of reports.After glancing at them he put each ofthem on one of three stacks.One stack was to go directly to the archives.For Ffindall that wasthe equivalent of throwing it away.Except he threw nothing away.The other stack he would classify in a room adjacent to the one heused, for later reference.The third, and by far smallest stack, hewould take action on as soon as possible.He didn t hesitate a moment when he read what must have beenone of the most concise reports that passed through his hands yet [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]