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Brock’s lips curled into a sneer "Hayll didn’t want her killed by a newly purchased slave because it wouldto Raej to buy their pretty toysI wasn’t going to have a Queen’s blood on in his chest "Who was Garth before Dorothea did that to him?"

"The Province Queen’s Master of the Guard A leader Men trusted him, listened to him Even our father always listened to him," Brock added bitterly

"Garth’s yourbrother ?"

"My older brother Always stronger Always better at everything After the High Priestess broke hiht Purple Dusk and sealed hier or better any to listen tohim anymore, were they? But they still didn’t listen to me, either" Brock looked at Jared with eyes full of hatred "The others would have listened to me ifyou hadn’t been thereI would have been the doroup if it hadn’t been foryouShe would have trustedboy? "The link with Garth," Jared said slowly "It not only hid your true nature, it also helped you act as Garth would have acted, say what he would have said"

Brock nodded, his ht of that after the Priestess put the compulsion spells aroundbrothers, it was easy to make a link that would meld our psychic scents so that the bitch-Queen couldn’t separate one from the other I even made him place the first couple of buttons, since no one paid any attention to theh of the link so that I wouldn’t be discovered"

Hold it back, Jared told hiht ahead"You brought theht these carrion-eaters from Hayll down on my people"

"If she’d been captured at the ambush like she was supposed to, ouldn’t have coht them here, it wasyou "

"Get out of here," Jared said too quietly "Get away fro with those Hayllian bastards"

Brock pouted "If I’d known she was going to give usreal freedom, it would have been different"

"Get out"

The pout twisted back to nastiness "You’re going to die, Jared All of you are going to die, and all the words in the Reale that" Brock bared his teeth in a s with Lia, they’ll let , hard ride between her thighs"

Jared clenched his fists and his teeth

Hold it back Keep it leashed Striking out noould bring the Hayllians in faster, and Thera and Lia needed as a no reaction fro salute Then he flinched and put a hand to his head

"Have to answer," he mumbled "Have tosu place at a fast walk

By the tiot back to the tavern, Thayne had taken the children away--but Garth had returned

Blaed and Talon held Randolf back while the guard snarled threats and obscenities at the largeon one side of the room

"Dao Let et rid of the bastard before he does any one" Jared said fiercely "It was Brock, Randolf All the time, it was Brock His Queen sold him into slaveryHe sold himself to Hayll" Weary, Jared rubbed his hands over his face "You had the wrong ht--Hayll’s petis tainted"

Looking past Jared, Randolf studied Garth as if seeing hience filled Garth’s pale blue eyes A huge fist thue chest "Mmmaster"

"He was a Master of the Guard" Jared said

Randolf swore, but there was pain, not violence, in the words "To do that to a Master" he said softly

"Let’s not waste tiot to help Lia and Thera plan a defense against--"

"Jared--" Talon warned

Before Jared could turn, Garth’s hand landed on his shoulder hard enough to iving Jared a little shake "Queen sss us is helpful?" Talon asked dryly

Garth waved his other hand Blaed prudently ducked

"Hayll All mmmales out there Confuse ave them all a deadly smile "Confuse Brock always Sss Jared a friendly whump on the back that tumbled him into Talon and Randolf, Garth left the rooot a point