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“Morry!” Amberhill dismounted and knelt beside hi the older ray face
Morry’s body quivered “Betrayed,” he whispered “Bad business, my boy Bad men Betrayed us Not…not an honor abduction”
“Morry?” A sob caught in Amberhill’s throat
Morry’scame out, then he whispered, “Remeain
Amberhill sat back on his heels and rubbed his face with his hands All his fault He led A bulging purse of gold A esture from the men who had betrayed them
He gathered Morry into his arms At first Goss shied away, but then the stallion allowed him to place the dead old and led Goss through the fog
He would not let Morry be found and the blame laid on him He would find a place for him to rest until he could return his body to Hillander for a proper burial He deserved no less
All my fault
Morry had been a devoted servant, had raised him when his own father was incapable Had trained hione Morry had said he didn’t trust the plainshield Morry hadn’t thought the scheht
I did not listen
It was one thing for the Raven Mask to steal jewels and trinkets, or even a piece of parch else to deal in human lives He knew that now Morry’s final lesson
Without looking back, Ahtness of day He would find a te place for Morry, then pursue the plainshield and his cohorts When he caught up with theold, one coin at a time
“If you do not find hter, if any harm comes to her, the eastern lords will march on this city and see your crown removed”
Lord Coutre’s face was so red Laren feared his heart would burst Zachary sagged in his throne, rubbing his temple
“You are under great strain, my lord,” Castellan Sperren said “Do not use this tiret Under other circumstances, ould take your words as treason”
Lord Coutre’s face only grew redder, his white eyebrows standing out in sharp contrast “I shall say what I want! It’sby allowing her a ride in the country with the Eletian threat?”
“It was not the Eletians who took her,” Colin said He displayed the crossbow bolt on his pal, and not of the sort of weapon Eletians were known to use
Lord Coutre dis to do about it?”