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yourself.тАЩ

тАШMaybe even three,тАЩ Ricyn said. тАШWhereтАЩs Cam?тАЩ

тАШPutting his horse out of its misery. One of those scum could actually swing a sword in the right
direction.тАЩ

тАШWell, weтАЩve got their horses now, and all their provisions, too.тАЩ Ricyn glanced at Gweniver. тАШWeтАЩve
been up in the woods, my lady, waiting to make our strike. We figured that the Boar couldnтАЩt sit here all
cursed summer. Here, the dunтАЩs razed.тАЩ

тАШI was cursed sure of that. What of Blaeddbyr?тАЩ
 тАШIt still stands. The folk there gave us food.тАЩ Ricyn looked away, his mouth slack. The Boar caught the
warband on the road, you see. It was just dawn, and we were only half-dressed when the bastards came
over the hill without so much as a challenge or the sound of a horn. They had twice as many men as we
did, so Lord Avoic yells that weтАЩre to run for our lives, but we couldnтАЩt do it fast enough. Forgive me, my
lady. I should have died there with him, but thought about you, well, you and all the womenfolk, I mean,
so I thought itтАЩd be better to die in the ward defending you.тАЩ

тАШSo did we,тАЩ Dagwyn chimed in. тАШBut we were too late. We had to be cursed careful with Boars all
over the roads, and by the time we reached the dun, it was burning. And we were all half-mad, thinking
you slain, but Ricco here says you could have gotten to the temple.тАЩ

тАШSo we headed here,тАЩ Ricyn picked up. тАШAnd when we found the cursed Boar camped at the gates,
we knew you had to be inside.тАЩ

тАШAnd so we were,тАЩ Gweniver said. тАШWell and good, then. You lads get those horses and that cart-of
supplies up here. ThereтАЩs some huts round back for the husbands of women who come just for a day or
two. You can stay there while I decide what weтАЩll do next.тАЩ

Although Dagwyn hurried off to follow orders, Ricyn lingered, rubbing his dirty face with the back of a
dirtier hand.

тАШWeтАЩd better bury those Boars, my lady. We canтАЩt leave that for the holy ladies.тАЩ

тАШTrue enough. Huh ... I wonder what the high priestess is going to say about this. Well, thatтАЩs for me
to worry about, not you. My thanks for rescuing me.тАЩ

At that he smiled, just a little twist of his mouth, then hurried off after the others.

Although Ardda was not pleased to have four men slain at her gates, she was resigned, even
remarking that perhaps the Goddess was punishing the BoarтАЩs impiety in the matter.

тАШNo doubt,тАЩ Gweniver said. тАШBecause it was She who killed that one lad. I was naught but a sword in
Her hands.тАЩ

Ardda looked at her sharply. They were sitting in her study, a spare stone room with a shelf of six
holy books on one wall and a table littered with temple accounts on the other. Even now, with her
decision coming clear in her mind, Gweniver debated. Once her highest ambition had been to be high
priestess here herself and to have this study for her own.