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dice.тАЭ

тАЬListen to him!тАЭ Aethan rolled his eyes heavenward. тАЬIтАЩll wager we get our fill of blood soon enough.тАЭ

The words stabbed Maddyn like an omen, but he kept smiling.

тАЬAethan, do me somewhat of a favor, will you? Ride with our young Branno here, and keep an eye on
him.тАЭ

Although the lad bristled, as if to say he didnтАЩt need such help, Aethan forestalled him with a friendly
punch on the arm.

тАЬI will, at that, at least until the fighting starts. Then he can keep an eye on me.тАЭ

They laughed, both as excited as young horses turned into pasture after a winter in the stables. The sight
of them together wrung MaddynтАЩs heart for reasons that he hated to put into words, the one dark and
grizzled, his oldest friend, the other blond and young, so new to his life that winter, and yet it seemed that
heтАЩd known Branoic for a hundred years. When the captain started yelling orders, the moment passed,
but still, as they rode south, laying their false trail, Maddyn found himself brooding over it. It was a
dangerous thing for a fighting man to care so deeply for his friends, especially when they were starting out
on the bloodiest road theyтАЩd ever ridden.

тАЬWhatтАЩs so wrong with you?тАЭ Caradoc said abruptly. тАЬYour bowels stopped or suchlike?тАЭ

тАЬOh, hold your tongue!тАЭ

тАЬListen to him! Feisty today, arenтАЩt we?тАЭ

тАЬMy apologies, Carro. I hate lying at the best of times, and these are the worst. Saying farewell to
Clwna, and her and the other women thinking weтАЩll be back in an eightnight or soтАФit ached my heart.тАЭ

тАЬTheyтАЩll have to live with the truth just like the lads will. Listen to me, Maddo. Today we start a ride
ordained by the gods themselves. Our petty little troubles are of no moment. None. Do you understand
me?тАЭ

тАЬI do, at that.тАЭ He shivered suddenly, just from the quiet way that Caradoc spoke of such grave things.
тАЬWell and good, then. A manтАЩs Wyrd comes when it comes.тАЭ

тАЬSo it does, and ours is upon us now.тАЭ

Maddyn turned in the saddle to look at him and wonder all over again just who Caradoc had been, back
in his other life before dishonor sent him down the long road. It occurred to him that at last he was going
to find outтАФif, of course, they all lived long enough to ride through the gates of Dun Cerrmor.
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Branoic was surprised at how little ground the silver daggers covered that afternoon. Even though the
spring days were short, they could have made some twelve miles before sunset, but instead they stopped