He shook his head. “No. Nogolor still breathes in his palace, Tebek dares not
disobey him and send warriors to break our treaty. We did see riders from Et-Banotaj, we glimpsed warriors from Et-Zyden and Et-Takona riding with them. It seems their fragile alliance still holds. I think they desire to raid again in our lands, if we did not show them our snakeblades they would have crossed our border. It was good we were there, Hekat.”
Aieee, I wish I had been there . She pressed a fist into her aching back. “The King will break that alliance, warlord. When it says the time is come for you to rule over Mijak they will be at each other’s throats, not standing shoulder to shoulder against you.”
“I wish it would say so soon, Hekat,” he whispered. “I am not a young man, I grow old in my bones.”
