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Thieves World 3 – Shadows of Sanctuary by Asprin, Robert

sword. She had not even touched her broadsword. Wess had never seen her draw it.

‘And I am tired. Where is our room?’

He led them up the stairs. The room was small and low-ceilinged. After the

tavern-keeper left, Wess poked the straw mattress of one of the beds, and

wrinkled her nose.

‘I’ve got this far from home without getting lice, I’m not going to sleep in a

nest of bedbugs.’ She threw her bedroll to the floor. Chan shrugged and dropped

his gear.

Quartz flung her pack into the comer. ‘I’ll have something to say to Satan when

we find him,’ she said angrily. ‘Stupid fool, to let himself be captured by

these creatures.’

Aerie stood hunched in her cloak. ‘This is a wretched place,’ she said. ‘You can

flee, but he cannot.’

‘Aerie, love, I know,.I’m sorry.’ Quartz hugged her, stroking her hair. ‘I

didn’t mean it, about Satan. I was angry.’

Aerie nodded.

Wess rubbed Aerie’s shoulders, unfastened the clasp of her long hooded cloak,

and drew it from Aerie’s body. Candlelight rippled across the black fur that

covered her, as sleek and glossy as sealskin. She wore nothing but a short thin

blue silk tunic and her walking boots. She kicked off the boots, dug her clawed

toes into the splintery floor, and stretched.

Her outer fingers lay close against the backs of her arms. She opened them, and

her wings unfolded.

Only half-spread, her wings spanned the room. She let them droop, and pulled

aside the leather curtain over the tall narrow window. The next building was

very close.

‘I’m going out. I need to fly.’ .

‘Aerie, we’ve come so far today -‘

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