XIII
Auxilium
‘Help’
Lucius realized that he must have passed out, for when he awoke he was back on his cot with a thick bandage about his torso. He tried to speak, but it hurt.
Dagon was beside him. “Easy, Anguis,” the Sarmatian said. “We almost lost you.”
Lucius looked about and tried to sit.
“We had to cauterize your wound. You’re lucky it was shallow and sloppy.”
“What…” Lucius cleaned his throat and sipped some water from the cup on the table beside his cot. “What happened?”
Dagon sighed. “Rodric and two of his men tried to kill you. They killed the guards I had placed at your door while Barta slept, and then snuck in here.”
“Who died?” Lucius closed his eyes.
“Blenna and Kordo.”
“There were three? I…I only remember Rodric.”
“He had two other warriors with him. If it hadn’
