Windwalker - Elaine Cunningham [143]
"What of the mercenaries?"
Shakti followed her reasoning at once. "They cannot return to Menzoberranzan, of course. What has happened here and what it means to the drow is a secret that must be kept for as long as possible. I will return to the city alone."
"You want to kill me. Why don't you?"
The priestess's eyes moved to the place where Gorlist lay, a sword through his throat. "This male wanted to kill you. He wanted that more than anything else. That wanting made him blind and stupid."
"Not to mention dead."
"That is the logical consequence of blindness and stupidity." Shakti untied the mask. In her own form, she looked upon Liriel for the last time. Her eyes held all the endless hatred of the Abyss.
"You bested me once. I learned from that. The curse of the drow is uncontrolled hatred. If I can walk away and leave you alive, I will know I am equal to any challenge."
Liriel received this pronouncement in silence. Apparently she was not the only one who had changed profoundly over the past few months.
"You will become a great matron mother," she told Shakti.
The drow's smile was cold and supremely satisfied. "I know."
A raucous cry sounded overhead, and a dark shadow winged across the clouded sky. Its flight took a circling path that spoke of hidden enemies-most likely one of the drow males who had fled the losing battle.
Thorn reflected that she would have to teach raven lore to her new pack sisters. There was much she could learn from them, as well. She had taken the drow's measure and seen her power. As for Sharlarra, any elf who rode with a teu-kelytha-one of the legendary moon horses of Evermeet-must have depths worth exploring. The story of how such a horse came to leave the sacred island would surely be one worth hearing.
A deep contentment filled the lythari, such as she had never expected to feel. She slipped into her lupine form and followed the hunt.
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Table of Contents
PRELUDE
REPRISE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY