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planning to kill all the lycans in
Hell's Widow.'
"Genocide."
Fergus' glower became a glare of irritation, resenting it when the priest used
words that he did not know. "Aye, that."
"You will send word to Duncan?"
"I'll send Artair first thing in the morning. He's had more schooling than the
rest of us and knows how to talk it up." He knocked another glass of whiskey
down, and poured again. "I
promised our mother that I would look after Jordi. I tried to
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dissuade him from seeking work in Hell's Widow. I don't understand the
attraction of towns. I knew those bastards would be back. I knew it in my gut.
It was only a matter of time before the sa'necari returned. Gods damn them
all."
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CHAPTER SEVEN
CONTEMPLATIONS OF VENGEANCE
Kynyr waited for his grandfather to finish working through his forms on the
reed mats that took up a third of the large salle. Bare to the waist, massive
scars showed on Todd's chest and mid-section. Few things could scar a lycan,
but it looked as if Todd had encountered most of them and lived to speak of
it.
Mirrors lined one wall. Two tall cabinets bracketed the weapon racks along the
opposite side. A square table with four chairs occupied the center of the
clear space fronting the door. A bottle of whiskey and four glasses stood in
the middle of the table. Even by lycan standards, Todd had an obscene
tolerance for and enjoyment of liquor.
The big lycan stood six foot five inches and weighed two fifty; yet despite
his one hundred and seven years of age, Todd Sinclair was still mostly muscle
and rock hard. His bright red hair was as much a Sinclair trait as was his
size. Family legend held that the Sinclairs could trace their lineage all the
way back for thousands of years to a hero of the first godwar a mon who was
regarded by most as little more than a myth Aristotle Sinclair. Kynyr had
never disparaged Todd's claims, although the older he got, the more it seemed
like humoring the man.
The old mon had trained in the Fae, Creeyan, Assassins'
Guild, and Sharani forms as well as the lycan arts. Kynyr
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suspected that there were others, because of several vague allusions that Todd
had made over the years. He had trained his children and his grandchildren
with a mix of discipline and patience like an iron hand in a velvet glove. As
a result of that, Todd and Cahira's huge extended family was the closest thing
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to a Battle-Clan that the village of Longbranch possessed.
Todd finished and gave Kynyr a nod to join him.
Kynyr undressed down to his small clothes, bowed to the mat before stepping
onto it, and then stretched out on his back. Todd squatted next to him and
examined Kynyr's leg.
He lifted and manipulated the leg, getting a grimace from
Kynyr. "It's healing nicely. The muscles aren't as stiff. Give it another week
or two and you won't need the cane."
"Good. I'm sick of the thing."
"I know."
Kynyr did his exercises while Todd watched.
"Todd, Kady and I ... we're having a ... a Wild Cousins'
Courtship."
Todd clapped him on the shoulder. "Excellent. I'll make some armsheaths for
her."
"Why?"
"You can't hang a knife belt around a melon-belly."
Kynyr looked like he'd been pole-axed, as the image of
Kady so swollen that she seemed ready to pop crossed his mind. "Can she still
train?"
"A bitch can train up until her seventh month."
"I'll have to write Leeny about her. Leeny will adore Kady."
Kynyr remembered the last time he had seen his sister
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Kathleen "Leeny." It had been the day she married Wallace
Callaghan. Leeny had been a radiant bride, and now she was close to term with
her first child.
"The whole family will adore her. Kady is easy to love. Has she Called
Courtship yet?"
"She says she will soon."
"You need to go down and register the courtship with the
Shrine. At that point it will become a capital offense for anyone but you to
touch her. She'll be safe from the likes of
Preece Malloy."
"I'll discuss it with her."
"Kady has no woodcraft. She'll never be able to elude you for long." Todd's
lips took on a naughty curve. "You'll have her up the stick in no time."
"Ask Gram to start planning the wedding?"
"I'll ask her. Meanwhile, buy Kady presents. First you need to coax her to
Call Courtship. Then you need to coax her to change. The bitch is given a head
start before the dog goes after her. That tests your tracking skills. The
entire ritual is constructed to prove that a male is worthy, that he will make
a good protector and provider for his cubs and mate." [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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