She shrugged. ‘I don’t know. Maybe others haven’t tried hard enough.’
The unconvinced expression on his face morphed into hard calculation. ‘I know who you are. Jilali mentioned you.’ He glanced at Archer. ‘Well caught, Two! She is the one from another place, who dazzled them all at Holdfast. The Songbird. I almost hope Elaaron is alive enough to know he has lost a valuable asset. He will be cursing from one end of Ilkyrie to the other.’ He glanced around at the group, his satisfaction increasing with the knowledge he’d captured more than a MageGate. ‘Tell us, Songbird, is our poncy archprince still alive?’
Songbird.poncy‘He is. And unharmed.’
The leader glowered at Bullneck. ‘Bungling fool! You failed to even hack his balls off.’ He crouched in front of Irenya. ‘What happened to Jilali
