Zelazny, Roger - Amber 10 Prince of Chaos

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quite--to the death with my mad brother Jurt but a few hours be-

fore. As Amber's only representative at the event--albeit of, techni-

cally, unofficial status--I was accorded a ringside standing-place,

and eyes were often drifting my way. So I had to keep alert and

mouth appropriate responses. While Random would not permit

formal status to my presence at the ceremony, I knew he'd be irri-

tated if he heard that my behavior was less than diplomatically

sound.

So I wound up with hurting feet, a stiff neck, and colorful gar-

ments soaked

with sweat. That's show biz. Still, I wouldn't have had it any

other way. Luke

and I go back through some of the damnedest times, and I

couldn't help but think

of them--from sword's point to track meets, from art galleries

and into

Shadow--as I stood there sweltering and wondering what would

become of him now

he wore a crown. Such an occurrence had changed my uncle

Random from a

happy-go-lucky musician, footloose and degenerate, into a sage

and responsible

monarch--though I've only my relatives' reports when it comes to

knowing about

the first. I found myself hoping it wouldn't mellow Luke out all

that much.

Still--again--Luke was a very different person than Random, not

to mention ages

younger. Amazing what years can do, though--or is it just the

nature of events?

I realized myself to be a lot different than I had been not so very

long ago,

then, part of the diplomatic arrangement between Jasra and the

Begmans. It

didn't work out, though--the diplomatic part, that is--and the

rest kind of fell

by the wayside. The principals had sort of forgotten about the

marriage, too,

till recent events served as a reminder. Neither had seen the

other in years.

Still, the record showed that the prince had been married. While

it was an

annullable thing, she could also be crowned with him. If there

were anything in

it for Kashfa.

And there was: Eregnor. A Begman queen on the Kashfan throne

might help

smooth over that particular real estate gab. At least, that had

been Jasra's

thinking, Coral told me. And Luke had been swayed by this, par-

ticularly in the

absence of the guarantees from Amber and the now-defunct

Golden Circle Treaty.

I held her. She was not well, despite what seemed an amazing

postoperative

recovery. She wore a black patch over her right eye and was

more than a little

reactive should my hand stray near it--or even if I looked at it for

too long.

What might have led Dworkin to replace the damaged eye with

the Jewel of

Judgment, I could not even guess. Unless he somehow consid-

ered her proof against

a Trump

contact feels. Only it's with me all the time, and I'm not going

anywhere or

talking to anyone. It's as if I'm standing in some sort of gateway.

Forces are

moving about me, through me."

In an instant I was at the center that was the gay ring with its

wheel of

many-spoked reddish metal. From the inside, here, it was like a

great web. A

bright strand pulsed for my attention. Yes, it was a line to a very

potent force

in distant Shadow, one that might be used for probing. Carefully,

I extended it

toward the covered jewel she wore in her eye socket.

There was no immediate resistance. In fact, I felt nothing as I

extended

the line of power. An image came to me of a curtain of flame,

however. Pushing

through the fiery veil, I felt my extension of inquiry slowing,

slowing, halted.

And there I hovered, as It were, at the edge of a void. This was

not the way of

attunement, as I understood it, and I was loath to invoke the

Pattern, which I

understood to be a part of it, when employing other forces. I

pushed forward and

felt a terrible coldness, draining the energies I had called upon.

Still, it was not draining the energy directly from me, only from

one of

the forces I commanded. I pushed it farther, and I beheld a faint

patch of light

who was making the sounds. She seemed to have slipped into a

trance state. "You

are denied the higher initiation."

I drew back on my probe, not eager for any demonstrations that

might come

my way along it. My Logrus sight, which had remained with me

constantly since

recent events in Amber, gave me a vision of Coral now fully en-

folded and

penetrated by the higher version of the Pattern.

"Why?" I asked it.

But I was riot vouchsafed a reply. Coral gave a little jerk, shook

herself,

and stared at me.

"What happened?" she asked.

"You dozed off," I replied. "No wonder. Whatever Dworkin did,

plus the

day's stress..."

She yawned and collapsed back on the bed.

"Yes," she breathed, and then she was really asleep. I pulled off

my boots

and discarded my heavier garments. I stretched out beside her

and drew a quilt

over us. I was tired, too, and I just wanted someone to hold.

How long I slept I do not know. I was troubled by dark, swirling

dreams.

Faces--human, animal, demonic, moved about me, none of them

bearing particularly

cheerful expressions. Forests fell and burst into flame, the

ground shook and

split, the waters of the sea rose in gigantic waves and assailed

the land, the

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quite--tothedeathwithmymadbrotherJurtbutafewhoursbe-fore.AsAmber'sonlyrepresentativeattheevent--albeitof,techni-cally,unofficialstatus--Iwasaccordedaringsidestanding-place,andeyeswereoftendriftingmyway.SoIhadtokeepalertandmouthappropriateresponses.WhileRandomwouldnotpermitformalstatustomypresenceatt...

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