Page 27 (1/2)

He’d held her while she ht Held her until she slept, and then got up and kept watch He’d envied her tears even as it warrief for a dead brother rather than his horror and guilt over a living one No wonder he’d dreaardless, last night changed nothing between the Then things would be back to normal

Except normal couldn’t hold Karris wasn’t stupid: pretty soon she’d notice that he couldn’t draft blue And her questions had already been unsettling

The truth was, all his purposes were focused in one direction, except for the one about telling Karris the truth, which ran directly opposite Karris was the greatest threat to his plans And she was i but her own sense of justice If she thought ruining hiardless of the cost

The s to do was to treat her like any other obstacle, and take her out

It didn’ther He could take her to one of the outer islands, where even merchants came only once a year, and simply leave her there Then whatever happened with hi a year of the life of a woman who had, quite likely, only five years left to live was no s nowhere

Karris was just co water in the woods

"Any itch weed?" Gavin asked

She blushed, re that misadventure "I’m a touch more careful about that these days"

"Once bit twice shy, eh?" Gavin asked, standing and stretching He had to go s" She had an odd look in her eyes

He stepped into the woods and started to urinate It had been aard, fifteen years ago, to have so two paces ahile he relieved hiet over that fast Especially when they traveled in wilderness, a Blackguard wasn’t going to let hiht

"Gavin? Thank you," Karris said

Gavin pissed He knew better than to talk, better than to laugh in aure this Third Eye is going to come today?" he asked

"Safe bet," Karris said, voice suddenly tense He heard her pistol cocking