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Most of the by the way they kept their expressions carefully blank and politely looked around or through him

Only Randolf didn’t look away, and his eyes held soret

Even Brock just shook his head and turned his attention to s to leave the Sanctuary

As resenth the shock, Jared walked away froet away fro a Queen, bla to perfor, seasonedhi Talon, I swear by the Jewels and all that I a differently," Talon replied calmly

"No?" Jared looked over his shoulder at the other men "A pleasure slave isn’t considered a man Hoould he--"

"Shut up"

Jared tried, but the resent," he insisted "Even if she wasn’t able to descend to the Gray, she shouldn’t have ended up with just her Birthright Green She should have at least coue," Talon snapped "This isn’t the time or place to chew over what happened or why It’s done, and there’s nothing we can do about it, so we’d better all start accepting it"

With his hand still clamped on Jared’s arot everyone tucked safely in Dena Nehele, why don’t you spend a fewthe guilt that he should have done somore , coil around his heart and squeeze

Talon bared his teeth in a feral smile "Because, Warlord, after you spend a winter with me, all that shit you spew about pleasure slaves will be knocked clean out of your head"

"Well, that’s soru

Lia, Jared noticed with a fresh stab of resentment, was surrounded by Talon’s men--and they didn’t make room for him to ride beside her

"Let’s move," Talon said "Jared, take the lead I’ll watch our backs Everyone in the village will be waiting for us at the Coaches"

The Sanctuary was only a esta prickle between his shoulder blades, Jared urged the gelding into a canter

He probed the road ahead of hihtly touched the ether

He expanded his probe outward

and found a blank spot

And another

And another

And another

The kind of blank spot a dark Jeould notice when a lighter Jerapped in a psychic shield

Mother Night

Hold steady, Talon said on a spear thread We’re almost there If they were ready to attack, they would have done it by now

Jared acknowledged the e and kept his eyes on the road Thank the Darkness they hadthe place Otherwise, they would likely have been destroyed

By the time they cantered up the main street of Ranon’s Wood, a circle of psychic blank spots surrounded the village

Jared turned the gelding to one side, letting the others pass

Talon reined in next to him

"Can we make a run for it?" Jared asked quietly

Talon shook his head "At a quick guess, I’d say there’s several hundred of the a handful of Warlord Princes They’ve cut us off froh and outrunning theht," Talon agreed, urging his horse toward the Coaches

"And we die," Jared said, ht ahead "If the Darkness is kind"

Lia moved toward the, a Craft-enhanced voice thundered over the land