Sunday, May 2, 2010 - There was a long-handled dagger in his back
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There was a long-handled dagger in his back
One of the outlaws from the line behind him, not hurrying at all, dismounted and pulled the dagger freeHe wiped it carefully clean on the dead man's surcoat before sheathing it again at his belt
"Not a good idea, Magian's," he said quietly, straightening to look at Ducas"Not a good idea at allWe aren't informers here, and we don't serve the Tyrants
Ducas slapped his hat back on his head, visibly fighting for controlHe took a deep breath"As it happens, I agreeBut as it also happens, Arkin, we have a rule here about weapons drawn against each other
Arkin was louis vuitton multicolor speedy very tall, almost gaunt, and his long face was white, Devin saw, even among the shadows of duskHe said, "I know that, DucasYou will have to forgive me
Ducas said nothing for a long timeNeither did anyone elseDevin, looking past the dead man, saw the two wizards gazing fixedly at each other in the shadows
Arkin was still looking at Ducas
Who finally broke the silence"You are fortunate that I agree with you," he said
Arkin shook his head"We would not have stayed together this long otherwise
Alessan neatly dismounted from his horseHe walked over towards Ducas, ignoring the arrows still trained on him"If you are fake rolex swiss hunting Barbadians," he said quietly, "I have some idea as to whyI am doing the same thing, in my own way"You can do as your dead man suggested: turn me in to Ygrath, and yes, I suspect there would be a rewardOr you can kill us here, and have done with usYou can also let us go our own way from this placeBut there is one other, quite different thing you can do
"Which is?" Ducas seemed to have regained his self-controlHis voice was calm again, as it had been at the beginning
"Which is?"
"To drive both Tyrants from the Palm before this summer is out
Naddo looked up suddenly, a brightness in his dior gym bags face"Really, my lord? We can do this? Even now?"
"There is a chance," Alessan saidFor the first time there is a chance He looked back at Ducas"Where were you born?"
"In Tregea," the other man said after a pause
Devin had a moment to think about how completely things had shifted here, that Alessan should be asking the questions nowHe felt a stirring within him, of hope renewed and of pride
The Prince was nodding his head"I thought it might be soI have heard the stories of a red-headed Captain Ducas who was one of the leaders at Borifort in Tregea during the Barbadian siege thereThey never found him after the fort tiffany jewellery fell"I could not help but notice the color of your hair
For a moment the two men were motionless as in a tableau, one on the ground the other on his horseThen, quite suddenly, Ducas di Tregea smiled
"What is left of my hair," he murmured wryly, sweeping off his hat again with a wide gesture
Releasing his reins he swung down off his horse and, striding forward, held out an open palm to AlessanWho met both, the smile and offered hand, with his own
Devin found himself gasping with the rush of relief that swept over him, and then cheering wildly at the top of his voice with twenty outlaws in that dark Certandan gucci handbags australia
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