Then they took their time about killing himThe... Then they took their time about killing himThe sound of his screams echoed through the castle
Then they went back downstairs and through the courtyard to the front gates and hacked to death the four Senzian guards who had let the woman in without a proper searchIt was during this that the captain of the Castle Guard came into the courtyard with a company of SenziansHe ordered them to lay down their arms
The Barbadians were, according to most reports later, about to do so, having achieved their immediate purposes, when two of the Senzians, enraged at the butchery of their friends, fired arrows at themTwo men fell, one instantly dead, one mortally woundedThe dead one was Alberico's TrackerThere ensued a bloody, to-the-death melee in the torchlit courtyard of the castle, soon slippery with bloodThe Barbadians were slaughtered to the last man, taking some thirty or forty Senzians with them
No one knew which man fired the arrow that
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In the chaos that followed that death no one gave a thought to going down to the garden for the body of the woman who had started it allThere was an increasingly wild panic in the city as the news spread through the nightA huge, terrified crowd gathered outside the castleShortly after midnight two horses were seen racing away from the city walls, heading south for the Ferraut borderNot long after that the five remaining members of Brandin's party in Senzio rode away as well, in a tight cluster under the risen moonsThey went north of course, toward Farsaro where the fleet was anchored
Catriana was asleep in the other bed, her face smooth and untroubled, almost childlike in its peaceAlais could not find rest thoughThere was too much noise and tumult in the streets and she knew her father was down there, among whatever was
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Even after Rovigo came back in and stopped at their door to look in on the two of them and report that there seemed to be no immediate danger, Alais was still unable to sleepToo much had happened tonight, but none of it to her, and so she was not weary as Catriana was, only excited and unsettled in oddly discontinuous waysShe couldn't even have said all the things that were working upon herEventually she put on the robe she'd bought two days before in the market and went to sit on the ledge of the open window
It was very late by then, both moons were west, down over the seaShe couldn't see the harbor, Solinghi's was too far inland, but she knew it was there, with the Sea Maid bobbing at anchor in the night breezeThere were people in the streets even now, she could see shadowy forms pass in the lane below, and she heard occasional shouts from the direction of the tavern quarter, but nothing more now than the ordinary noises of a
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She wondered how near to dawn it was, how long she would have to stay awake if she wanted to see the sunriseShe thought she might wait for itThis was not a night for sleep; or not for her, Alais amended, glancing back at CatrianaShe remembered the other time the two of them had shared a room
She was a long way from homeShe wondered what her mother had thought, receiving Rovigo's letter of carefully phrased almost-explanation sent by courier across Astibar from the port of Ardin town as they sailed north to SenzioShe wondered, but in another way she knew: the trust shared between her parents was one of the sustaining, defining elements of her own world
She looked up at the skyThe night was still dark, the stars overhead even more bright now that the moons were setting; it probably lacked several hours yet till dawnShe heard a woman's laughter below and realized with an odd
dolce and gabbana handbag sensation that that was the one sound she'd not heard earlier that night amid the tumult in the streetsIn a curious, quite unexpected way, the woman's breathless sound, and then a man's murmur following close upon it served to reassure her: in the midst of all else, whatever might come, certain things would still continue as they always had
There was a footstep on the wood of the stairway outsideAlais leaned backward on the window-ledge, belatedly realizing she could probably be seen from below
"Who is it?" she called, though softly, so as not to disturb Catriana
"Only me," Devin said, coming up to stand on the landing outside the roomHis clothing was muddy, as if he'd tumbled or rolled somewhere, but his voice was calmIt was too dark to properly see his eyes"Why are you awake?" he asked
She gestured, not sure what to say"Too many things at once, I supposeI'm not used to this
She saw his teeth as he smiled"None of us are," he
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