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50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 101 | Can you hear me?’ A tiny nod. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 102 | ‘Anyso is dead. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 103 | The outsider. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 104 | Did you ask Hidat to do this?’ With clear difficulty, Saghul reached for her, lips moving. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 105 | Tunuva leaned close, but even with the sharp hearing of a mage, she could make out no more than a faint sough of breath. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 106 | She took Saghul by the hand, which felt too fragile to have ever held a blade. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 107 | ‘I’m here, old friend.’ Saghul looked towards her voice with a deep weariness, yellow in the whites of her eyes. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 108 | Tunuva stroked her head until she dozed back off. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 109 | **** Tunuva stayed in that chair all night, praying for the woman who had led them for so long. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 110 | At dawn, when Esbar came, she went to where Anyso lay, finding a silent Hidat watching over him. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 111 | Anyso was on his bed. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 112 | The poison had stained his lips, but otherwise he could have been asleep. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 113 | Tunuva sat beside him and brushed his loose curls away from his brow. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 114 | Forgive us. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 115 | She closed her damp eyes. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 116 | Forgive us. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 117 | 37 East A short way beyond the city of Mozom Alph, a waterfall tumbled into a sheltered gorge. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 118 | Above its plunge pool, Dumai dashed along a bridge, making her stiffen. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 119 | ‘Highness,’ Dame Erda said, ‘King Bardholt’s party has passed Worhurst. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 120 | They should be here before long.’ ‘Thank you.’ The knight left, and Glorian was alone again. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 121 | Alone was the safest choice. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 122 | **** It was past midday when her father arrived at Drouthwick. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 123 | As the procession of riders passed beneath her window, Glorian saw Wulf among them. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 124 | He glanced up, and their gazes met. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 125 | In that glimpse of him, she saw the shadows under his dark eyes. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 126 | He saluted her, dipping his head, and rode on. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 127 | King Bardholt liked to bathe when he arrived at court. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 128 | While Glorian waited for him, she played cards with her ladies, but her mind was elsewhere, and they let her win at least twice. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 129 | By the time her father summoned her, her candle clock was halfway burned. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 130 | He awaited her in the Witting Room, where documents and manuscripts were stored. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 131 | King Bardholt hated reading, but he liked the quiet and coolness of that part of the castle. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 132 | Two of his retainers flanked the door. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 133 | One was stern and pale, with a scar across his cheekbone – Karlsten, that was his name – while the other had tousled black hair, a trim beard, and dark olive skin. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 134 | He offered her a smile. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 135 | ‘Good day,’ Glorian said in Hróthi. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 136 | ‘I don’t think we’ve met.’ ‘Thrit of Isborg, Highness. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 137 | An honour.’ He raised a fist to his heart. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 138 | ‘Joy for your hall.’ ‘Fire for your hearth.’ Inside, her father was sitting with his elbows on his knees, stroking his beard, as he always did when he was deep in thought. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 139 | He rose when she entered the room. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 140 | ‘Glorian.’ ‘Papa,’ she whispered. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 141 | The sight of him made her eyes well. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 142 | Even without his mail and furs, her father was a solid wall no blade could ever pass. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 143 | As soon as the doors closed behind her, she rushed to him, and he scooped her into his arms. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 144 | ‘Dróterning,’ he murmured. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 145 | ‘Are you all right?’ She tried to speak, and instead began to cry. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 146 | ‘Come, my warrior. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 147 | All is well.’ He drew her on to his knee, as if she were still a child. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 148 | ‘Weep all you need. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 149 | It’s good for the heart. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 150 | I cried the first time someone tried to kill me.’ ‘Truly?’ ‘And the second. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 151 | And the third.’ Glorian huddled against his chest, tears flowing down her face. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 152 | Her father sang in his deep, slow voice, holding her tight. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 153 | Whenever she had asked him not to leave Inys without her, he had calmed her with this old lullaby, which would have chilled the Saint himself. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 154 | ‘Papa,’ she said, drying her eyes, ‘why did you not come to visit in the summer?’ ‘There were matters that needed attention in Hróth. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 155 | But I am here now.’ King Bardholt looked her in the face. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 156 | ‘The miner is dead. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 157 | He cannot hurt you now, Glorian.’ ‘But there must be others like him, who hate us,’ Glorian stammered. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 158 | ‘I know how to fight – you made sure I knew – but I was so scared, Papa. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 159 | I couldn’t even move.’ ‘That has happened from him.’ ‘Karlsten boils the blood. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 160 | As might this mudpot, should we fall in it,’ Thrit added, ‘but at least we’ll die in better company.’ He tossed a stone into the hot grey slurry. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 161 | ‘And I don’t think I can bear another tall story from Witchbane.’ ‘If feasting bores you, I have something to stir your interest.’ ‘A lonely chieftain with a chiselled jaw?’ ‘That describes me.’ ‘Oh. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 162 | Yes, so it does. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 163 | A lonely chieftain, chiselled of jaw, who also happens to be a man?’ ‘If I had one of those, I wouldn’t share.’ Regny took a wineskin from her surcoat and drank, passing it to him when she was done. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 164 | ‘A messenger arrived this morning, bringing word of a sickness in Ófandauth. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 165 | His Majesty commands us to ride ahead and judge whether it’s safe for him to visit. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 166 | If there is sickness, he wants us to ensure the safety of the Issýn.’ The Issýn had once been the most respected of snowseers. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 167 | She had helped sway Hróth to the Six Virtues, later becoming a sanctarian. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 168 | Bardholt still visited her village sometimes. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 169 | ‘All of us?’ Wulf asked. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 170 | ‘We’ll bring Sauma,’ Regny said, ‘but Karlsten will stay here. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 171 | I’ve had my fill of him for a few days.’ She took out her blade and whetstone. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 172 | ‘It will be nothing. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 173 | Just sun folly.’ When Wulf snared her gaze, she looked away. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 174 | He knew when Regny was unsure. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 175 | **** They slept on the floor of the feasting hall with most of the royal household. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 176 | Every crack and opening was caulked to block the sunlight. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 177 | Close to dawn, Wulf woke to Sauma shaking him. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 178 | With a stiff nod, he knuckled his eyes and groped for his fur boots. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 179 | The sky was a freshly scraped hide, raw and stretched. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 180 | Outside the hall, the lith waited around a pit fire, Vell red-eyed and pasty. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 181 | Though Wulf ignored Karlsten staring death at him, he was glad when Regny emerged. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 182 | ‘Hair of the hound?’ he muttered to Vell, passing him a wineskin. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 183 | Vell took it with a grunt. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 184 | Regny carried a pair of tongs. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 185 | She used them to lift an ember from the fire, holding it up to all of them. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 186 | It was said that the Saint had held on to his sword throughout his duel with the Nameless One, even when its fiery breath had seared Ascalun to a glow. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 187 | Bardholt liked that detail of the story – an illustration of courage and fortitude. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 188 | Most red-hot swords would destroy the flesh, but sinners in Hróth could always atone by holding a burning coal for a time. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 189 | ‘Karlsten of Vargoy,’ Regny said, ‘you swore to your lith that you’d keep their secrets. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 190 | Yesterday, you broke that oath. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 191 | You betrayed the virtue of fellowship, which bound the Saint and his Holy Retinue.’ She held the coal towards him, the light catching in her pupils. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 192 | ‘Ask the Knight of Fellowship for mercy. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 193 | Show that you are willing to suffer for your vice.’ Karlsten sniffed in contempt. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 194 | He plucked off his left glove and looked Wulf in the eye before he slowly turned on. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 195 | Tunuva offered the purse to Canthe, who tucked it away. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 196 | The guards parted to let them through. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 197 | Tunuva washed her hands in a barrel of red wine and stood to have her clothes smoked before she was permitted to set foot on the ship. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 198 | Canthe found them a place below deck, where they lay on their cloaks and tried to cool down. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 199 | ‘What I would not give for a cold bath,’ Canthe sighed. |
50 | A Day of Fallen Night.txt | 200 | ‘I already miss the Minara.’ Tunuva rested her head on her arm. |
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