The midday sun washot, and Aeolus had refused to let him drink. Worse, if sheallowed Mallory to kill, both she and the young acolyte would carry the scar forever. It was a beautiful part of the Reclusethat incongruously belied the brutal ugliness taking place elsewhere. It seems that Faegan’s unconscious attempts to destroy the Redoubt were limitedto his quarters and their immediate surroundings.
Slowly sitting on her knees with her naked back to him, she leaned backuntil her head and chest were in his lap. Neither of them said anything. “I was the one who killed her. He reached under his chest armor toproduce two tourniquets, then wound them tightly around his wounds.
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