Chapter 91
forebear had not abandoned it. He was near to Leo’s age, worn thin and dry by his profitless lands. Tebek, sullen in his recent defeats by Leo, stung and eager to prove himself. A stupid boy, he should have followed his father’s wisdom and kept the treaty with Et-Leo. Banotaj, most dangerous of all. Poisoned by his father Bajadek into belligerence and blood. Greedy, vicious, treacherous as a demon. Hekat smiled at the warlords walking down to the crater’s red floor. They could die soon, I would not weep . She glanced disinterested at the high Kingds walking with them. They were the King’s business, it would deal with them. If they truly lived in its eye they would hear Nagarak’s words and know he spoke for the King. If they were false the King would smite them. Around her neck, the sto
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