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He swore in vexation "There are a score of us, her personal knights The rest are survivors of the battle when her husbandlike a net around the Abbey grounds"

Lia sed Three hundred? "How does she keep them in line? That is"

"You are not being useful again," she said sharply

"The knights keep the rabble in line And the muted one with the tattoos But only the kishion is allowed to enter the grounds, for he can move unseen"

Lia knew she would not have much time to question him If these three had seen her fall, others hidden in the woodsfor help "Why are you here?" she asked

He winced, his face creased with pain "To raze the Abbey if the Alderirl"

"I will consider your suggestion What does she want?"

"I do not know She only tells the Earl of Dieyre of her plans We stay in the woods and wait until the sign And since you will ask ouelle burn, it will be safe for us to enter the grounds and raze the Abbey"

"Does the muted one make them burn?" Lia asked

"He does "

She felt it then, the sniffling and s The Myriad Ones swar in the quiet storm Revulsion swelled inside her Hoas possible, she did not know She had never felt the Myriad Ones on the grounds before, never within the borders She looked at the woods where the riders careedily "Do you hear hihts?"