The Fall of Fyorlund [Book Two of The Chronicles of Hawklan] Page 50

  Only that Ethriss had not been awakened saved Oklar from the eternal black dissolution that He offered him. ‘Ethriss still sleeps, Uhriel. Accept, then, this, My benison, lest your folly better you again. Go now and do My Will.'

  Then Oklar knew he must bear the arrow until He saw fit to remove it. For only He could, such was the nature of its crafting. It would remain embedded in his side, his blood dripping inexorably from the glittering point of its barbed head, to mark his passing with a carmine trail, in mocking echo of the dead King's departure.

  Now he could use the Old Power only to the extent that he could withstand the pain its use would bring as the arrow drew it back upon him.

  'Your wisdom and mercy are without bounds, Master,’ he had cried in his agony.

  Yet, through his pain, and for all the price he had paid and must pay again, all was well. Ethriss slept, and Hawklan, whoever he might have been, must surely have perished in the destruction that had been wrought by the Old Power. The Queen and Eldric were fled. They would serve as scapegoats and, together with the Lords in the east, would act as a focus for the fear and hatred of the people.

  And his Mathidrin were ready.

  Slowly he closed his long fingers on Urssain's shoulder for support. ‘Your wisdom and mercy are indeed without bounds, Master,’ he intoned to himself softly.

  All was well.

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  The story continues in

  THE WAKING OF ORTHLUND

  the third volume of

  THE CHRONICLES OF HAWKLAN

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  Fantasy Books by Roger Taylor

  The Call of the Sword

  The Fall of Fyorlund

  The Waking of Orthlund

  Into Narsindal

  Dream Finder

  Farnor

  Valderen

  Whistler

  Ibryen

  Arash-Felloren

  Caddoran

  The Return of the Sword

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  eBook Info

  Identifier:Taylor-Fall-Of-Fyorlund

  Title:The Fall of Fyorlund [Book Two of The Chronicles of Hawklan]

  Creator:Roger Taylor

  Publisher:Mushroom eBooks

  Rights:Copyright © 1989 by Roger Taylor

  Description:Fantasy. 159208 words long. First published by Headline Book Publishing in 1989

  Language:English

  Type:Novel

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