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at table gasped and swore, she swung herself free and rose, staring at Dannyn, who looked up blandly,
the ale running down his face unnoticed.

тАШListen you,тАЩ she said. тАШYouтАЩre a son of a bitch, sure enough, but IтАЩm the daughter of a Wolf. If you
want to test my skill so badly, then come outside.тАЩ

тАШListen to you. Feisty little wench, arenтАЩt you?тАЩ

She slapped him across the face so hard that he reeled back.

тАШNo man calls me a wench.тАЩ

The great hall turned dead silent as everyone in it, from page to noble lord, turned to watch.

тАШYou forget to whom you speak,тАЩ she went on. тАШOr are you blind and unable to see the tattoo on my
face?тАЩ

Slowly Dannyn raised his hand to his cheek and rubbed the slap, but his eyes never left hers. They
were cold, deep and frightening in their intensity.

тАШWill my lady accept my apology?тАЩ

When he knelt at her feet, the entire hall gasped with a sound like sea waves.

тАШIтАЩm most truly sorry I insulted you, Your Holiness. Truly, a madness must have taken my heart. If any
man dares call you a wench again, then theyтАЩll have to answer to my sword.тАЩ

тАШMy thanks. Then I forgive you.тАЩ

With a small smile Dannyn rose and wiped his ale-struck face on his shirt sleeve, but still he looked at
her. For the briefest of moments, she was sorry that sheтАЩd sworn the vow of chastity. His fluid way of
moving, his easy stance, his very arrogance struck her as beautiful, as strong and clean as the cut of a
sword blade in the sun. Then she remembered the dark eyes of the Goddess, and the regret passed.

тАШTell me somewhat,тАЩ he said. тАШDo you ride at the head of your warband?тАЩ

тАШI do. IтАЩd rather die than have it said of me that I lead my men from the rear.тАЩ
 тАШI expected no less.тАЩ

Dannyn bowed, then walked slowly and arrogantly through the lords to the door. Once it shut behind
him, the hall burst into a rustle of whispers.

тАШYe gods!тАЩ Gwetmar wiped the sweat from his forehead. тАШI truly thought your last hour had come.
YouтАЩre the only person in the kingdom whoтАЩs crossed Dannyn and lived five minutes longer.тАЩ

тАШOh nonsense,тАЩ Gweniver said. тАШHeтАЩs doubtless got more sense than to injure a sworn priestess of the
Moon.тАЩ

тАШHah!тАЩ Maemyc snorted. тАШDannyn does his killing first and his thinking afterward.тАЩ