The Thief's Gamble (Einarinn 1) (57 page)
'You know that one gamble, the one you always talk about when you're drunk, the one that's going to set you up for an honest life?' I grinned at them all.
'You found it?' Halice's dark eyes reflected the firelight, amusement warring with hope on her weather-beaten face.
'No.' I shook my head and reached inside my jerkin. 'I thought I had but it wasn't to be. Still, it paid quite well, for all that.'
I dropped the washleather bag and it landed on the table with a thud that simply shouted out noble coin. Sorgren weighed it in one hand and a wondering look crossed his face.
'How much is here?'
'Enough to give us all a Solstice to remember! How about we hire a fast team and head for Col?' I drained my cup and reached for more wine. 'We could make the last of the Solstice.'
'Sounds like a fair plan.' Sorgrad smiled at me, eyes bright. 'So, what exactly have you been up to? Halice said she'd had a message from some wizard, saying you were off working for the Archmage.'
'It's a long story and I don't want to tell it now,' I said firmly. 'Maybe later, I don't know. It wasn't like some half-arsed ministrel's ballad, I'll tell you that much. It was bloody dangerous and I nearly didn't make it back.'
'You did, though, and it looks to have paid well,' Sorgen said cheerfully, opening the bag and beginning to stack the white-gold coins into gleaming columns. He always likes to live in the present.
'Coin's only worth anything if you're alive to spend it, 'Gren.' I shook my head at him. 'That's my share and a dead man's. His gamble only won him passage with Poldrion.'
A tremor ran through me and I turned it into a theatrical shudder. 'I'll take an honest job before I work for the Archmage again!'
Halice looked closely at me for a moment. She may look like the village idiot's older sister but she's no fool. 'Let's head for Col then, spend his gold and forget him,' she said cheerfully. 'The lads have got some interesting ideas for turning a few coins in Lescar.'
'All right.' I turned the spit and fat crackled in the flames. 'Let's eat this piglet and make some plans. I'm in favour of something involving warm tap-rooms, a familiar set of bones in my hand and some well-controlled games of runes with stupid farmers. There's just one thing I want to make clear: whatever we do, it's to have nothing to do with wizards!'
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Table of Contents
The Packhorse Tavern, on the Col Road South of Ambafost, Ensaimin, 12th of For-Autumn
The Chamber of Planir the Black in the Island City of Hadrumal, 12th of For-Autumn
The Packhorse Tavern, on the Col Road South of Ambafost, Ensaimin, 13th of For-Autumn
The Old Tun Tavern, the Hanchet Road East of Oakmont, 13th of For-Autumn
The Running Hound Inn Ambafost, 14th of For-Autumn
East of Drede on the Eyhorne Road, 15th of For-Autumn
Hanchet Marketplace 15th of For-Autumn
Travor's Pottery, the Drede Road, West of Eyhorne, 16th of For-Autumn
The South Road, Dalasor 38th of For-Autumn
Friern Lodge, 40th of For-Autumn
Inglis, 6th of Aft-Autumn
Inglis, 10th of Aft-Autumn
Inglis, 11th of Aft-Autumn, Morning
The Chamber of Planir the Black, Hadrumal, 11th of Aft-Autumn, Noon
Inglis, 11th of Aft-Autumn, Evening
The Licorne Inn, Inglis, 15th of Aft-Autumn
The Gidesta Road out of Inglis, 15th of Aft-Autumn
Gidesta, 19th of Aft-Autumn
The Silverlane, Inglis, 19th of Aft-Autumn
Azazir's Lake, 20th of Aft-Autumn
Sholvin Cove, Gidesta 26th of Aft-Autumn
The Guest-house at the Shrine of Ostrin, Bremilayne, 42nd of Aft-Autumn
The Far Reaches of the Ocean, Latter Half of Aft-Autumn
The Guest-house at the Shrine of Ostrin, Bremilayne, 1st of Far-Winter
The Islands of the Elietimm, 1st of For-Winter
Islands of the Elietimm, 2nd of For-Winter
The Guest-house at the Shrine of Ostrin Bremilayne, 2nd of For-Winter
The Ice-man's Keep, Islands of the Elietimm, 3rd of For-Winter
The Ice-man's Keep, Islands of the Elietimm, 3rd of For-Winter
Bremilayne Docks, 3rd of For-Winter
The Ocean Approaches, Islands of the Elietimm, 3rd of For-Winter
Shanklane Cottage, Middle Reckin, 40th of For-Winter
Table of Contents
The Packhorse Tavern, on the Col Road South of Ambafost, Ensaimin, 12th of For-Autumn
The Chamber of Planir the Black in the Island City of Hadrumal, 12th of For-Autumn
The Packhorse Tavern, on the Col Road South of Ambafost, Ensaimin, 13th of For-Autumn
The Old Tun Tavern, the Hanchet Road East of Oakmont, 13th of For-Autumn
The Running Hound Inn Ambafost, 14th of For-Autumn
East of Drede on the Eyhorne Road, 15th of For-Autumn
Hanchet Marketplace 15th of For-Autumn
Travor's Pottery, the Drede Road, West of Eyhorne, 16th of For-Autumn
The South Road, Dalasor 38th of For-Autumn
Friern Lodge, 40th of For-Autumn
Inglis, 6th of Aft-Autumn
Inglis, 10th of Aft-Autumn
Inglis, 11th of Aft-Autumn, Morning
The Chamber of Planir the Black, Hadrumal, 11th of Aft-Autumn, Noon
Inglis, 11th of Aft-Autumn, Evening
The Licorne Inn, Inglis, 15th of Aft-Autumn
The Gidesta Road out of Inglis, 15th of Aft-Autumn
Gidesta, 19th of Aft-Autumn
The Silverlane, Inglis, 19th of Aft-Autumn
Azazir's Lake, 20th of Aft-Autumn
Sholvin Cove, Gidesta 26th of Aft-Autumn
The Guest-house at the Shrine of Ostrin, Bremilayne, 42nd of Aft-Autumn
The Far Reaches of the Ocean, Latter Half of Aft-Autumn
The Guest-house at the Shrine of Ostrin, Bremilayne, 1st of Far-Winter
The Islands of the Elietimm, 1st of For-Winter
Islands of the Elietimm, 2nd of For-Winter
The Guest-house at the Shrine of Ostrin Bremilayne, 2nd of For-Winter
The Ice-man's Keep, Islands of the Elietimm, 3rd of For-Winter
The Ice-man's Keep, Islands of the Elietimm, 3rd of For-Winter
Bremilayne Docks, 3rd of For-Winter
The Ocean Approaches, Islands of the Elietimm, 3rd of For-Winter
Shanklane Cottage, Middle Reckin, 40th of For-Winter