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"Take hiions to stand down Inform them that I have taken the false Lord Captain Commander into custody, and will Question him to determine the extent of his crimes" He hesitated "But also pass the word that those who followed him are not to be punished or Questioned" Asunawa spun his horse and rode away

Galad turned his sword and handed it out to Bornhald "Return to our ht or try to rescue me That is an order"

Bornhald met his eyes, then slowly took the sword At last, he saluted "Yes, my Lord Captain Corabbed Galad and pulled hirunt, his bad shoulder throwing a spike of agony across his chest He tried to climb to his feet, but several Questioners disain

One forced Galad to the ground, a boot on his back, and Galad heard theunsheathed They cut his ar free

"You will not wear the uniforht, Darkfriend," a Questioner said in his ear

"I arassy earth "I will never speak that lie I walk in the Light"

That earned him a kick to the side, then another, and another He curled up, grunting But the blows continued to fall

Finally, the darkness took him

The creature that had once been Padan Fain walked down the side of a hill The broeeds grew in broken patches, like the scrub on the chin of a beggar

The sky was black A teh he hated the one who caused it

Hatred It was the proof that he still lived, the one emotion left The only e Beautiful Warave hith, the purpose that drove him Al’Thor would die By his hand And perhaps after that, the Dark One Wonderful…

The creature that had been Padan Fain fingered his beautiful dagger, feeling the ridges of the designs in the fine golden wire that wrapped its hilt A large ruby capped the end of its hilt, and he carried the weapon unsheathed in his right hand so that the blade extended between his first two fingers The sides of those fingers had been cut a dozen tier down onto the weeds Crimson spots to cheer him Red below, black above Perfect Did his hatred cause that storside spots of darkness that appeared on dead leaves and steht

He was ood When you accepted madness into yourself--eht or water or the air itself--it became another part of you Like a hand or an eye You could see by s with

He was finally free

The creature that had been Mordeth reached the bottoe, purplish mass that he’d left atop it Wors needed to be done the right way It was the principle of the thing