Because Ketha had left her some time ago to search the beach for some washed up dead creature to eat, Gwenn was able to think honestly about her answer. “It is Ketha that likes it, not me. She just wants more dead people to feast on. I like fighting and swordplay, but not kidnapping women and children to sell to the Haba. I feel ashamed of some of the things I have done — like killing Stig and leaving his children fatherless. Sometimes, I wish Ketha would fly away and never come back. She can be very cruel.”
This unaccustomed honesty on her part frightened him a little. They had not talked of Ketha since the night of the feast at Per Drake’s Son’s hall. Gunnar asked, “What do you mean? Doesn’t she give you a lot of power? I would like to have your sword fighting skills.”
Gwenn said proud
