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Another heartbeat, and the last two Tiste Edur warriors were down, their bodies eagerly dispensing blood like payer looked about, saw Udinaas, nodded, then waved to an alley-ed

She took a half-dozen strides before Udinaas recognized her

Badly used

But no more of that Not while this man lives

Seren Pedac took no notice of hirasped her hand

Udinaas watched them head off down the street, disappear round a corner

Somewhere behind hi feet

The slave found he was standing beside Rhulad’s body, staring down at it, the bizarre angle of the head on its twisted neck, the hands closed tight about the sword

Waiting for the est armour I’ve ever seen’

Seren blinked ‘What?’

‘But he was good, with that sword Fast In another five years he’d have had the experience to have ive anyone trouble Shimmer, Blues, ht there for the taking If we’d the time’

‘What?’

‘That Tiste Edur, lass’

‘Tiste Edur?’

‘Never mind There they are’

Ahead, crouched at the dead end of an alley, six figures Tomen, four men All in crihtly ar what looked to be some sort of diadem in his left hand, stepped forward

And said soe Seren had never heard before

Iron Bars replied in an irowl He drew Seren closer as theThe air see the warren, lass We’re going through, and if we’re lucky on’t run into anything in there No telling how far we can get Far enough, I hope’

‘Where?’ she asked ‘Where are we going?’

A murky wall of blackness yahere the alley’s blank wall had been

‘Letheras, Acquitor We got a ship awaiting us, reest armour I’ve ever seen