The Golden Sword
“Well Astria Revisited We stood knee-deep in the sewers that feed into the Litess. Above us was Well Astria herself, open, vulnerable. She was a high-couch woman, not built to withstand siege. Below us were the undertunnels through which we had come here, unobserved.
We had left Dellin, bound and gagged, in his outer court. The Liaison’s keep we sealed. It might stay sealed forever, as we had erased all entry prints from it, retroactive to our exit. The building had no friends, and would ope...n itself to no one. None would make use of the tools within, at least not for a long time.
Our makeshift plan was much changed. Chayin had taken a different route than we, and by now he had surely bought his well token and reserved Celendra for this night, as Wiraal was supposed to do the next evening. He would be moving among his men, in the common room, spreading new orders. If he had found Celendra, he would be, even now, with her in my own chamber, where the ceilings had been muraled by the finest gol-etchers upon Silistra, and the sky came tinted through the translucent roof.MoreLess
We had left Dellin, bound and gagged, in his outer court. The Liaison’s keep we sealed. It might stay sealed forever, as we had erased all entry prints from it, retroactive to our exit. The building had no friends, and would ope...n itself to no one. None would make use of the tools within, at least not for a long time.
Our makeshift plan was much changed. Chayin had taken a different route than we, and by now he had surely bought his well token and reserved Celendra for this night, as Wiraal was supposed to do the next evening. He would be moving among his men, in the common room, spreading new orders. If he had found Celendra, he would be, even now, with her in my own chamber, where the ceilings had been muraled by the finest gol-etchers upon Silistra, and the sky came tinted through the translucent roof.MoreLess
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