Days of Blood and Fire - Katharine Kerr [212]
“I told them to kill him fast,” Hir-li said to Tren. “To get it over with, as your people would say.”
“Indeed? Why?”
Hir-li grinned hugely.
“No wonder you speak to me of rocks, Lord Tren. Your heart is made of one.”
He turned and spoke to the Keepers, who went on looking sour. All around, the Horsekin in the crowd groaned and muttered, as if in disappointment. Hir-li considered them, then suddenly laughed and shouted, bellowing a message as loud as he could. The Keepers cheered, the waiting warriors cheered, laughing, drawing swords in a sudden rattle and holding them high, cheered again, “Hai Hai Hai,” until the sound and the news spread through the entire camp.
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Copyright © 1993 by Katharine Kerr.
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