Shairn sat down on the edge of Joris’ table. She smiled at Trehearne and in this moment he hated her. He looked from Joris to the guard and back again and did nothing. There was nothing then that he could do.
“Would you have believed it of him, Joris?” said Shairn. “Would you have thought that he could turn on us after all we did for him?”
Joris leaned back in his chair. “Shairn,” he said, “I’m sorry it had to be this way.”
“Yes,” she answered, and then added bitterly, “Kerrel was right about him, after all.”
Joris said, “That isn’t what I mean.”
Something in his tone made Shairn turn and look at him. He went on. “I’m sorry you got yourself into this. You’re only doing what you believe to be right. But so is Trehearne. So am I.”
So am I.He dropped his bombshell so quietly that for a
