Jorick explained Malick, The Guild, the Executioners, and The Laws. Beldren's eyes gleamed at each piece of information, and Reymen could feel him trying to piece it together to benefit himself. Let him try. Malick would see through it in a moment and then
Then what? Beldren had committed no crime. There was nothing to punish him for. Malick would either convince him to join them as a guard or servant, or send him packing, back into the world alone.
When the lessons were over, they let the horses rest, then picked up the pace. The guards' excitement was soon contagious; the trail was fresher than it had been earlier. They were gaining ground on the rogues, and, so long as their pace did not slacken, should see them by sunrise
They skirted away from an encampment of soldiers whose soldi
