Mondel's POV
Two of the three groups of soldiers returned, their heads bent to the ground and their bodies twitching with unease.
"Oh for the love of God, spit it out already!" I bellowed as they dropped to their knees.
"Forgive us, my lord, but we had no choice but to run for our lives! She's a lunatic! She burned the other two groups to nothing but ash! And she keeps saying we were the reason the other one was dead!"
As the soldier's last words registered in the dark recesses of my brain, my footing faltered just a bit. "Kara is dead." It was a statement of finality for myself more than anyone else.
"Your order was for them to kill her anyway. Are you regretting that now?" the lecherous witch walked up beside me as she let out a blood-curdling chuckle. "She served her purpose. Alth
