Chapter 50
Mind of no mind.
All thought fled. She was bereft of strategy or tactics.
Manat’s lesson could finally take root.
You are alert, but your mind is clear. You understand everything that is happening, and you react without thinking. When you are in mind of no mind your body can move as quickly as it needs to. You’re not afraid. You simply do what comes next, and next, and next...
If she were thinking, she would never allow Ganelon the satisfaction of seeing her afraid. But she wasn’t thinking anymore. Her arms were dead, her body was weak, but her heart held a flame that still burned. That was all she needed to survive.
“Have mercy, Lord Ganelon. Please.” Her voice was pitiful, meek.
Ganelon relaxed so imperceptibly, she didn’t knowingly notice. But her body felt it. Her tra
