Sweet Myth-tery of Life
Robert Asprin
Language: English
Pages: 240
ISBN: 0441001947
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
When the queen makes him an offer he cannot refuse, master-magician Skeeve must use his powers to devise an escape before wedding bells start to chime, in the latest volume in the popular Myth series. Reprint.
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It. Despite the hairyknuckled, muscle-bound illiterate act the troll liked to put on when he was working, Chumley was probably the levelest head in our entire M.Y.T.H. Inc. crew. Frankly, I trusted his judgment and wisdom a lot more than I did Aahz’s fiery temper. The idea of trying to make up my mind about Queen Hemlock’s proposal without Chumley’s wisdom was disquieting at best. Maybe after I had reached my decision… As much as I had tried to avoid thinking about it, the problem popped into my.
Try to make sense of. Anyhoo, that’s what I was doing when a knock came at my door. In short, I was feeling inept, frustrated, and desperately in need of diversion. “Yes?” I called eagerly, hoping beyond hope that it was news of an earthquake or attacking army or something equally disastrous that would require my immediate attention. “Who is it?” The door opened, and Massha’s head appeared. “You busy, Hot Stuff?” she said with the respect and deference she always shows me as my apprentice.
“You’ve got a visitor.” “Nothing that can’t wait,” I replied, hastily stacking the offensive spreadsheets and replacing them in their customary spot on the corner of my desk. “Who’s the visitor?” “It’s Luanna. You remember, the babe who almost got us killed over in Limbo.” In hindsight, I can see that Massha was both expressing her disapproval and trying to warn me with her description of Luanna, but at the time it didn’t register at all. “Luanna?” I said, beaming with delight. “Sure, bring.
Felt wrong to me. Here we were, cutting corners on the budget and squeezing taxes out of the populace to try to shore up the kingdom’s financial woes, while I siphoned money out of the treasury that I didn’t really need. What was more, since it was my procrastinating on staff cuts that had resulted in the inflated payday, I certainly didn’t think I should be rewarded for it. The more I thought about it, the more determined I became to figure out some way to give the money back. Of course, it.
Usual energy and life. I don’t recall landing… or of moving at all. I just remember crouching at my pet’s side and gathering his head into my lap. “What’s wrong, fellah?” I said, but got no response. “Aahz? What’s the matter with him?” “Skeeve, I…” my partner began, but then I saw it. Protruding from Gleep’s side, just behind his leg, was an arrow! At that moment, I felt my pet stir in my arms, weakly trying to raise his head. “Take it easy, fellah,” I said, trying to sound soothing.