"Mercedes Lackey & Josepha Shennan - Castle of Deception" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lackey Mercedes)

ticing; it was something every musician had to do every
day, even his Master. He didn't even mind being stuck
in his cramped little room. Or at least he wouldn't mind
practicing and being cooped up in this stupid room in
this stupid inn if only he knew this was all leading
somewhere!

If something doesn't happen soon, something exciting...

Picking his way across the piles of clothes and music
scrolls uttering the floor, the bardling stared out the
one window, down to the Blue Swan's cobblestone
courtyard. A merchant was climbing onto his fine bay
horse, his travelling robes rich purple in the
springtime sunlight. With him rode his bodyguard,



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two men and a woman in plain leather armor, straight-
backed and alert as falcons, hands never straying too
far from the swords at their sides. Kevin sighed in envy.
They were probably nothing more heroic than com-
mon mercenaries, and the journey they were taking

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was probably nothing more exciting than a ride to the
next town, but at least they were going- somewhere,
they were doing something! While he тАФ

"Blast iti" the bardling swore under his breath.

He couldn't stand being stuck here a moment
longer. Clattering down the inn's wooden staircase,
Kevin hurried across the common room тАФ empty at
this early hour тАФ and headed out into the courtyard.
But then he stopped short on the cobblestones. What
was he hoping to see? The merchant and his party
were already out of sight, riding down the old North
Road that ran just outside the inn's gateway, and there
probably weren't going to be any more travellers today.
Discouraged, the bardling turned and went back
through the inn to the back entrance, stepping out into
town.

Ha. Some town.