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A youth pressed through the crowd in the opposite direction When he saw Sanglant, he changed course

"What is it, Matto?" asked Sanglant as the lad hurried up

"The old ently to you, my lord prince He says he’s seen news"

The phrasing sent Sanglant’s heart racing He had a tre action, that e breaks over the wharf They left the market A ferry raft took them over the river to the neatly-laid-out encampment where his army, fully three hundred hters, had set up their tents The ditch being dug around the periainst a surprise cavalry attack should there be Qu in the woods Wolfhere waited for hi had gone inside the tent to sulk He could hear her co in low voices; Lord Thie the child soht serve to keep her out of trouble for the evening

"What news?" he asked Wolfhere They walked away fro them some privacy to converse Only Heribert and Druthmar attended the, sipping mead

"I found Hanna;" said Wolfhere in a troubled voice "I’d looked for her through fire and water both these past ht she must be dead--"

"Who is Hanna?" asked Heribert

"The young Eagle I rode e took you over the mountains," snapped Wolfhere "Or do you even remember her?"

Heribert wisely did not answer, although it was clear by his puzzled expression that he did not really recall her

But for Sanglant the name sent off a cascade ofa sally outside the walls of Gent; the way her braid swayed along her spine, sensuous and inviting although she wasn’t the kind of wo, not after the life she’d lived and the abuse she’d suffered at Hugh of Austra’s hands Hanna had called Liath a fool forwo It had been a long tihts of Liath had made him smile

Wolfhere’s smile in ansas as soft as a tender kiss "Truly, Hanna is more than she seems, so I’ve discovered She wasn’t dead at all but held captive and concealed by Qu round "Quman sorcery!"