I immediately forced myself to stillness and pretended not to notice her. Eporner A look of shock fell onto his face, and I smiled, but then he grinned, looking at me with an insane look on his face. The man beneath me was sobbing uncontrollably, I released him arm and it flopped to the floor. I heard footsteps to either side of me running but I carried on concentrating on the man, who didn’t appear tired at all. Placed on one of the work benches was a selection of my old weapons, sword, dagger, throwing knives, poisons, and a slightly stealthier knife to be carried up my sleeve. “I’m not alive anyway. Four horses were led out of the stable in the courtyard and the sound of their hooves on the grey flagstones sounded like the clash of sword on sword to me.




















