Chapter 115
A cheer went up. It was over. Darkovan and Linnea were husband and wife under the laws of the council. Holy Bearer of Burdens, help me! How can I endure this? As if in answer, a sense of stillness, or an exhaustion of the spirit, crept over Dani. He had been in enough battles to recognize the absence of pain as numbness due to shock. A man might fight on in such a state, unaware of his injuries, until he dropped. Dani’s heart was wounded, gravely wounded, and yet he felt nothing. How could he fight on? For a single moment, Darkovan looked directly at him. No trace of emotion showed on his face, but his eyes betrayed him. They glowed with urgency, with agony. Dani wrenched his gaze away. So, Darkovan might have regrets about abandoning everything they had shared. But Darkovan had set hi
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