John Flanagan (author) - Erak's Ransom (2007)

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Never take your eyes off them, Horace said to Gilan, in an admonishing tone. Didn't MacNeil ever tell you that?

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Then the two friends leaned back and watched the sun rise clear of the trees. Best time of day, said Will. Yes, Horace agreed. What's for breakfast?

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And with his arm around the younger man's shoulders still, he led him away from the bow and back to the small group by the tiller. Halt glanced up as they approached, caught a look from Gilan and had a pretty good idea what they had been talking about. "Where have you two been?" he asked, his tone light. admiring the view," Gilan told him. "Thought you might need a hand from the two wisest heads on board.

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Halt," said the elegant diplomat, "when you asked me to marry you, did you think we could just sneak off to a glade in the woods with a few close friends and get it done?" Halt hesitated. "Well, no...of course not." As a matter of fact, that was exactly what he had thought. A simple ceremony, a few friends, some food and drink and then he and Pauline would be a couple. But he felt that it might not be wise to admit that right now.

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You should have left him to wander, Svengal said coldly. Erak looked at him, eyebrows raised. Would you? he asked, and Svengal hesitated. At the end, Toshak had fought well and that counted for a lot of Skandians. No, he admitted.

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Don't worry, chief. We've got these Tualaghi surrounded - from the inside." "Exactly," Erak replied dryly.

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Arm there," she said. "Other arm, idiot. Now hand there...okay, ready? We're going to start with your left foot. On three. One. Two... What the devil is he doing here?

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You will be getting a haircut, won't you?" Halt ran his hand through his hair. It was getting a little long, he thought. I'll give it a trim," he said, his hand dropping unconciously to the hilt of his saxe knife. This time, Pauline did look up. You'll get a haircut," she said. Her gaze was steady and unwavering. I'll get a haircut," he agreed meekly.

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But if we're going to kill them all, we might as well make an occasion of it. Toshak shrugged. Do as you wish, he said. Occasion or not, as long as they're all dead, I'm happy.

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If they invent a four legged chicken," Will said, "Horace will think he's gone to Heaven.

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Would you trust him with your life, Halt?" Gilan interrupted, and Halt looked up at him. "Yes," he said quietly. Gilan patted his shoulder once more. "Then trust him with his own," he said simply.

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She didn't like the fact that she had reduced a man – no matter how evil he might be—to a drooling idiot.

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It's a big raised platform at the end of the square, with steps running up to it. Like a stage? Evanlyn suggested. Maybe they're planning to put on a play? Or an execution, Horace said.

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What are you looking at, foreigner? the guard demanded roughly. The smile was a little unsettling. A prisoner shouldn't smile at his captors like that. I'm just making sure I can remember you, Gilan told him. Never know when that might be useful.

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Always expect trouble in the desert. Then you usually won't meet it.

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Have you seen them?" he asked. Arrow looked at him disinterestedly. Will frowned. Not talking, eh?" he said. "Maybe you're a little hoarse." He cackled breifly at his own wit.

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Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison, he said, almost to himself. There's only one reason I can think of that they might do that, Umar said. That's if they are going to execute them. Will lookd at him for several seconds before speaking. Well, that's a big comfort.

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Erak. The one they call the Oberjarl," the Arridi answered him. Impulsively, Axl took a pace forward, raising his ax threateningly. You'll have to go through the rest of us to take him!" he shouted defiantly. Well done, Axl," he said. "You've just told them I'm here.

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He waited while Gilan and Will moved the cloaks experimentally, eyeing each other and studying the unusual colors, seeing how they would blend into the landscape of rock and desert that surrounded Al Shabah. All right, ladies," he said, "if you're finished with the fashion show, let's go meet the Wakir.

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