Chapter 85
Hano tensed, he did not pull away. “This is not about my heart, Leo. I think only of you, and keeping you safe. The warlords will not greet your message with a smile, they will foam at the mouth, they will spit on you in fury. The warlords know me, seasons of fighting have burned my name into their flesh. When they see me beside you they will know better than to challenge your might.” “They will know not to challenge when they see Nagarak,” he said. “And when they see Hekat, Bajadek’s doom.” Now Hano did pull away, he thudded his fist into a tree. “ Leo —” “I will be safe in the Heart of Mijak, Hano,” he said. “That place is sacred, there can be no bloodshed there. Not even a warlord as hungry as Banotaj, as angry as Tebek, would dare thwart the King’s will in that place.” “I think the
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