Chapter 33As Arwain dispatched the gallopers to carry the news of the intended attack back to Ibris, his thoughts became as dark as the surrounding night.
‘It’s no worse than any ambush,’ part of him said.
‘It’s murdering sleeping men,’ said another.
‘You’ll not murder many. You’ll be lucky if you reach the camp unseen, and if you do, the alarm will be sounded within minutes. Then you’ll be fighting for your lives. Outnumbered more than ten to one now they’ve brought new troops up.’
‘But killing men unshriven...’
‘There’s no good way to die in battle. And they’ve done it to us often enough in the past.’
‘We aren’t them.’
‘Ah, are we not? We’ve never done it to them in the past?’
‘We’ve changed.’
‘Indeed?’
Silence.
‘But you’ve just sanctioned this deed? Will you account for it wh
