Jhasso said, trying to peer through the little window in his cell. “Or yours,” Jaheira offered. The sound of battle was unmistakable, though far off and muffled by at least one floor. Abdel could hear the ring of steel on steel, the stomp and scuffle of feet, a body falling, then another. His arm...
The man they called Devorast had hair as red as Hrothgar’s own bushy eyebrows, but his beard was but a brown-red stubblethe sort of beard Hrothgar had sported when barely out of diapersthe same color as the dwarfs. “He could be a Deepcarver,” Hrothgar said to his cousin Vrengarl. “If he wasn’t ...
The latter was the case now. Abdel had appeared rather suddenly, and when he did, the relief she felt was almost orgasmic in intensity. She’d certainly been waiting long enough for this so-called “Hero of Baldur’s Gate” to come and save her. His new girlfriend was of little use but as a model for...
In the dark, still expanse of the country estate, she had heard her name come from nowhere before, had for years spoken with apparitions of violet light, but the voice that came to her that night was different. She lay in a tub of warm water that she’d scented with lavender oil. The little knife ...
Marek Rymiit asked with a sibilant hiss to his accented voicehe pronounced Willem’s name as if it started with a V and not a W. The rotund wizard blinked, almost as though he was batting his eyelashes. “I mean, really. You are well and truly blessed.” Willem swallowed and nodded, looking around ...
It made a noise deep in its throat, the arrow made a wet ripping sound as it entered, and the drake’s smooth motion ended in a jerk. All that was enough for anyone to sense some disturbance behind her and turn—and it was that simple reflex that saved Danifae’s life. Though the drake forgot its in...