Silently stepping past the other sleeping squires, she eased into the night and fol owed where her instincts led, to a copse of trees right outside the camp. Yet she’d never be able to say whether it was her light sleeping or her much-more-honed instincts that told her she needed to be awake and moving. Not because of what they’d done, but because the body parts they were now missing made it impossible to expect much out of them during battle. Those who survived were usual y sent back to their homes. Too many times she’d found fel ow soldiers trying to sneak into her bed, hoping to get out of her what they couldn’t afford to buy from the camp girls. Too many times there were attacks on their camp in the middle of the night. She no longer slept hard-or without a weapon. I see.” Rhona gazed off for a moment, then asked, “Where are we?” Like a diseased wolf chewing the knuckles off me fist.” I always thought you’d be more of a mauler. “You are, however, surprisingly light of touch.” I didn’t seem to have control of that talon.” He careful y took her raised finger and tucked it back into her fist. Since he didn’t know how long she’d need to sit, Vigholf sat beside her. “The universe began to spin, so I decided to sit until it stopped.”
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