Chapter 20Marna felt herself go cold at the almost fatalistic acceptance in Engir’s words. The mountains that had sheltered and held secure the only home she had ever known seemed now to be like the walls of a cruel prison, and the warm sunlight pervading the high lookout mocked her with its bright contrast to her dark fears. ‘We can’t just do... nothing,’ she said, more plaintively than she had intended.
For a long time no one answered, then, as if they had reached a conclusion after holding a prolonged debate, Levrik said, ‘We kill him then?’
Marna started at this unexpected and blunt announcement, though none of the others showed any signs of surprise.
‘I can’t see any other alternative,’ Yehna said after a while. ‘If he wants... Marna... here, then he’s got plenty of down-to-earth a
