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“Chella” Meegan licked his lips “Had Edris scared, she did Never seen him scared afore I didn’t want to meet her, not after that Don’t care how tasty she were built”

“And would you knohere to find this Chella now?” Snorri’s great hands closed around the haft of his axe as if i it the necromancer’s throat

Meegan shook his head, a quick shake like a dog flinching off water “Ain’t from around here A northerner, Edris said Had a bottle of liquor off her, he did, for us all to toast the mission with Soe burn to it” He se Made you want h Most like she’s fro us right now So stood the boys back up after you knocked ’em down”

“What should we do?” I didn’t like the idea of soes, ready to send her dead men after us The whole idea had sounded faintly ridiculous back in Grandmother’s court I’d been sure ht have held truth didn’t seehtened peasants seemed no threat to proper soldiery But miles from civilization—and Rhonish civilization at that—outnus had suffered an about turn “I ”

“With hian’s bound feet

“About her,” I said

“My goal is in the North If anything gets in h it If not, I’ll leave it behind”

“We pick up the pace, keep heading north I like it” When a plan involves running away, I’m in

“And hiood I didn’t want to let hio, I didn’t want to keep him, but whilst I’ll do my fellow man down at every turn, I’ve no murder in me

“Let him join his friends” Snorri knotted a hand in the ropes around Meegan’s wrists and hoisted him to his feet

“Hey now, that hardly see to kill—”