Chapter 36
I staggered over hummocks of grass, my tied hands affecting my balance as I pushed myself toward the dark fringe of trees ahead.
“Catch her!” Galtus Celcio cried.
A heartbeat later, I heard him call the chant to extinguish fire, but I couldn’t risk glancing back. I must press forward, I must—
Someone collided with me from behind. I fell heavily, unable to break my fall, the breath knocked from my lungs. Gasping, I rolled over to see Ser Naldi standing over me. His eyes snapped with fury.
“Get up.” He caught my arm and dragged me to standing, then pulled me back toward the carts.
The one I’d been riding in was smoking slightly in back, but the esfirenda was gone, snuffed out by the warder, leaving a few blackened boards behind.
“Rose.” Galtus Celcio strode over to me. “Mus
