CHAPTER 45
Penrys had no idea where she was going when she stumbled out of the hall, but the door to the street wasn’t far. Behind her she could hear the rising clamor of voices and she walked faster to put them further behind her, until she reached the door and opened it. Then she stood there at the top of the stairs leading down into the square.
There was a stone bench to the right of the doorway, and she sank onto it and took a few deep breaths to try and calm herself.
So, I can’t drink power-stones, any more than any other wizard, but that’s all right—I can drink wizards instead.
Her stomach revolted and she concentrated on swallowing.
An image of Chang came to her mind. A general can’t make friends of his soldiers, can he? Or how could he use them in battle?
The door of the guil
