“Better if you had spoken them, Bhanir.”
“He refused me entry, that healer. One day I will settle with him. Still, I was wise, I chose not to break him. I will not punish so openly with our move so near.”
Ilissos, somehow, felt in his own trembling mind a stir of uncertainty in this V’karra’s thoughts. He had been unable to force his way into the healer’s home. This had frightened him, but he was hiding it. How Ilissos knew this he could not tell. He felt the angry mind shake itself free of the memory.
The staff-bearer broke the momentary silence. “A hunter came for Kharhalkhar from the town here, but he did not live.”
“Then we are repaid. And Kharhalkhar?”
“Returned to Vel Charig. He starts to gather his kin and will come to us again at Lukar.”
“There is word from Lord Gehrava?”
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