Thieves World 7 – The Dead of Winter by Asprin, Robert

The interior was sectioned into smaller pens. She listened for sounds. Even the

camels seemed at rest. But … was that the glow of a small fire?

She stole up to the gate and laid a hand against the rough wood. Only guile

would open it without attracting half the rowdies in the city. And guile wasn’t

one of her more reliable talents. Daxus was a man, though, and if she’d learned

nothing else, she knew she could count on his basest instincts.

She removed her cloak, then shed her tunic, careful not to mislay a thin metal

probe secreted up her right sleeve. She hugged herself, wondering about her

trousers and boots. Damn, it was cold! Already, she was covered with gooseflesh.

Still, if Daxus was suspicious he might want a better look. Cursing silently,

she gazed up and down the street and slipped off the rest of her garments.

Lastly, she propped her sword against the wall close at hand.

Then she pounded frantically on the gate. “Help!” she cried in a tight whisper.

“Please let me in! My husband will kill me! Help!” She beat the wood with the

flat of her hand, shooting glances around, hoping no one else would hear.

A narrow portal slid open a bare fraction. No face appeared, but a voice

whispered back. “Who’s that? I don’t want no trouble. Go away.”

The portal started to slide shut, but Chenaya shoved her finger into the

aperture. “Wait!” she begged. “You’re Daxus. I’ve seen you before. Please, let

me in before my husband finds me. He beats me, but this time I ran away. He

chased me across Caravan Square, but I lost him. He’ll catch up, though. Please,

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