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from within. All three dead assassins had managed to get inside the walls but with Jolan expecting
themтАж

A coin hit the table in front of her. Startled, she looked up to see the marshal's amber eyes locked on her
face.

"Crescent for your thoughts, Commander?"

"I was just thinking about the situation, sir."

"Yes, the situation." His lip curled. "It's beginning to look as though a siege is my only choice. So much
for a quick and glorious end to Jolan's treason."

"Yes, sir." A siege had been his only choice from the moment he'd allowed the ex-commander's small
army to reach the hill fort. Too bad it had taken the lives of so many good soldiers to prove it to him.

"You're thinking again. How long was the siege in '64?" he continued before she could work out the
response he required.

Zayit waited until he finished wiping his face with a damp cloth and said, "Almost two years, sir."

"Seventeen years ago." He indicated to his body servant that the table could be cleared. "And Jolan was
there."

"Yes, sir."

"How long do you think she was planning thisтАж rebellion."

Probably from the moment some pissant third cousin of the Emperor was promoted over officers who
actually knew what they were doing. "I don't know, sir."

"No. Of course not."

Zayit stepped out of the way as Arnon stood and strode purposefully from his tent, falling into step
behind his left shoulder as he passed. When he stopped at his customary place and stared toward the
fortress, she wondered if he was thinking about the men and women who, by his command, had charged
the narrow approach and died. Not once, but twice.

"/ think we can safely say she's stocked up on arrows, rocks, and oil," had been the marshal's only


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comment at the time.

His tent should have been in the center of the en-carnpment, but he'd ordered it placed so Jolan could see
him from the walls.

"I want her to know I'm here."