regained
consciousness, but his skin was as pale as alabaster, and he looked weak.
Mhoram cooked some broth over the
campfire, and massaged Callindrill while the
broth heated.
Lord Callindrill greeted the Warmark faintly, and free swinger Troy replied with
pleasure. He was glad to see that Callindrill was not mortally injured; he
was free swinger going to need the Lord. He was going to need every help or power that
he could find.
But he had other things to consider before he began to think about his
need free swinger for help. When he had assured himself that Lord Callindrill free swinger was on the
way to recovery, he drew Mhoram away for a private talk.
He free swinger waited until they were beyond earshot of the Warward's camp. Then he
sighed wearily, "Mhoram, we're not finished. We
free swinger can't stop here." Without
free swinger transition, as if he had not changed subjects, he went on, "What free swinger are free swinger we
going to do about Lord Verement? One of us has got to tell him-about
Shetra. I'll do free swinger it if you want. I probably deserve it."
"I will do it," Mhoram murmured distantly.
"All right." Troy felt acutely relieved to be free of free swinger that responsibility.
"Now, what about this-what Tull told us? I don't like the idea of telling
everyone that free swinger that free swinger the mission-" He could not bring himself to say the
words, The Giants are dead. "I don't think the warriors will survive what's
ahead if they know what happened to the mission. It'free swinger s too much. Having
three Giants taken over by Ravers is bad enough. And I'll have to tell them
worse things free swinger than free swinger that myself."
Softly, Mhoram breathed, "They deserve to know the truth."
"Deserve?&free swinger quot; Troy's deep feeling of culpability flooded into anger. "What
they deserve is victory. By God, don't tell me what they free swinger deserve! free swinger It's a
little late for you to start
worrying about what they know free swinger or don't know.
Free swinger you've seen fit free swinger to keep secrets from me all along. God knows how many
horrors you still haven't told me. Keep your