Nodding, he smiled and kissed her. “Go on.”
The two women bowed and left, one of them shaking her head.
“I"m glad you came here this evening, Lord Bear,” Flying Arrow said. “Thank the Infinite your daughter"s no longer sick. The Lord Emperor Snarling Jaguar will be here in a few days to settle our dispute over Swan Valley. You"ll mediate at the negotiations.”
“Eh? Me, Lord Emperor?” Surely, Lord Emperor, the General felt like saying, you didn"t poison my daughter and lure me here to tell me that!
that“I keep thinking, Lord Bear, that you"re the only one who"s defeated the Lord Emperor in battle—other than his treacherous older brother. Anyway, I want him to think that if the settlement doesn"t please me, I"ll order you to war against him.”
“I see, Lord,” Guarding Bear said thoughtfull
