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One of the knights thrust his sword down at Edround Edmon had twisted away just in ti his knee and the ony
The roo around once while she ducked and thrust her gladius into the man’s belly As she untwirled, she deflected a blade with her dagger and pulled her weapon free, loosing a gush of blood Edht and took away his sword It o on two The knights attacked, slicing at Lia and Edthening her Blocking the blow, she stepped in, stouard with her gladius and locking it, she thrust the dagger into his navel and jerked the blade, killing hied to his knees, headless
Lia pulled her weapons free and whirled at the creeping ht with the wounded wrist was carefully sneaking towards the door When their eyes met, he quavered with fear and babbled for ladius and pointed the blade at him "Stay there If you even twitch, I will kill you"
Edasped with relief "You speak Dahoiven up hope…but I did not I knew the Mediu Winterrowd"
A body filled the doorway and Lia spun around, ready to fight again, but it was Colvin
"I heard your screa with his opponent’s blood He planted his hand on the doorfraht on the ground, glaring at hi tone
Lia sheathed her weapons and then picked up her discarded bow "Did you see your sister?" she asked Colvin "She is in the woods"
He shook his head "No, I saw you charge There you were, one little girl charging into the !"
Ed heavily "If she did not, I would be dead right now"
"Yes, a great loss," Dieyre murmured from behind Colvin He looked sardonic as usual "Lucky the lass was here to save your neck, York"
Ed here?"
"Murdering my allies," he quipped "Do not look so shocked I have my reasons, as youto question hio," Colvin said bluntly "He is of no use to us" His eyes narrowed and fastened on Edmon "Where is Ellowyn?"
Ed There is a dock on the other side of those trees She is gone to Pry-Ree already"
For a long while after the battle was over and the bodies of the dead were reainst a tree outside the fa to control her ees in her mind of the dead But that was different, since she was the cause of only one of them and that was done at a distance and she did not have to look into the lusterless eyes of her victis were conflicted and raw and she wiped her eyes and nose, trying to subdue her feelings Martin had warned her that death brought many e aware of every breath and everyskills to stay alive There were sounds and sights that would never be sponged froh the Medium had wanted her to save Edmon, it still shocked her how efficient she had been in killing others and hoerful it made her feel Part of her had even enjoyed it, and that knowledge e with re horses, save one, were set loose to wander the Bearden Muir Lia thought with amazement at the short work of the battle The three of them had killed nearly twentyof the battle The wounded o and he slinked away after Lia had paused to treat his wound,the corpses to litter the grounds, but Colvin had insisted they clear away the dead
Colvin found Lia in the woods, his expression gri with the ibbered at them in Pry-rian
Lia dried her eyes and met with the mother and was able to determine much from the woman about the family they had discovered They lived in the wilderness and her husband rowed a small boat back and forth to Pry-Ree once each day They ferried goods to trade, occasionally travelers, and did well enough to support theestoere taxed by the king, so her husband’s business was s the taxes Afterday after day, the husband had determined their specific location was the shortest distance between Pry-Ree and their kingdom, and thus the least a He had built the thatched cottage himself in that spot and the pier to dock his boat He would return by nightfall fro taken Martin and the visitors across the narrow strip of sea that separated the two kingdoms The family was not involved in the plot to abduct Ellowyn In fact, they did not knoho she was, other than so Martin Just enough to fit in the boat for the journey there and back And because they had not crossed at Bridgestow, the sheriff of the Hundred had not known they were there or when they arrived