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. Without that
window, he said, the greatest emotions are sometimes never
touched, never felt, and never shared.
Oh, how I wished Jawbone could have been there to see
the huge crowd in the Paw's Mark Inn chanting my name.
He would have been proud of me. I had opened a lot of
windows.
I was brought before the Dragon Highlord. She had long,
slender legs that were only partially hidden by her armor.
And there were tantalizing glimpses of flesh above her
breastplate. But it was her face, with blazing green eyes and
high cheekbones, that riveted me in place. She was the kind
of woman storytellers usually make the love interest of their
tales. Perhaps that's the difference between stories and
reality.
As I waited on my knees in front of her, the Highlord
whispered something to one of her generals. All I heard was
the name Tanis and an order to ready the dragons to attack
a ship that had just left the harbor. She obviously wasn't
planning on spending much time on my case.
"How do you plead?" she demanded, finally turning her
attention toward me.
"Plead?" I asked. "How can I plead when I don't know
the charge?"
Her full lips opened into a mirthless smile that revealed
sharp, white teeth
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