This snippet is from a passage that will not appear in the book–my choice, not an editor’s cut, so the scene was never fully fleshed out.\u00a0 You have conversation, nothing else. \u00a0 However, as a snippet, I don’t mind sharing it with you.\u00a0 I believe, when the book comes out, you will agree that this and the extension of it (several more pages full of spoilers) were better left out.<\/p>\n
Location:\u00a0 Verella, the Verrakai house in town.\u00a0 Time: 14 days after Kieri Phelan left Verella for Lyonya<\/p>\n
Speakers:\u00a0 Duke Haron Verrakai and his brother.<\/p>\n
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<\/span>“You are sure we had enough force?”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“Our own troops and at least a hundred Pargunese, against Sir Ammerlin’s pretty ponies? <\/span>Of course.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“Phelan’s cohort blew through here like a storm-front.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“So they did, but that’s only a hundred, at most, and they won’t have caught up until after the battle. <\/span>Let them cry over his corpse if they wish–they can do us no harm.” <\/span>Neither of them mentioned who had captained that cohort; they had not said her name in twenty years. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“They might have caught up–they were faster than Ammerlin–“<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“Yes, but the site was east of Darkon Edge, and no–before you ask–the grange would not come out to support Phelan–they’re too frightened, for good reason.” <\/span>The duke’s brother chuckled. <\/span>“We have harvested more than one from that grange, and taught them manners. <\/span>Their marshal seeks no more interference with us.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“Very good. <\/span>There’s still that damned paladin.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“She can’t fly. <\/span>At best, she’ll be there with Phelan’s cohort, and all the evidence of who it was will be gone–or point to the Pargunese. <\/span>The Pargunese have hated him long enough, after all, and they don’t want him as king in Lyonya any more than we do.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“When will we hear certain news?”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“Not for another few days, I think. <\/span>I told our commander not to send a conspicuous messenger; we don’t want talk about it.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“Um. <\/span>Too soon to celebrate, then. <\/span>And what are we going to do about the arrogance of the Girdish here? <\/span>They’re really becoming quite annoying.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“I’m sure the Thieves’ Guild will help us out, after that last little\u2026engagement.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>A knock on the door; the duke raised his brows and his brother called out “Enter!”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>“Pardon, my lord, but you asked to know if any messengers came from the east–“<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This snippet is from a passage that will not appear in the book–my choice, not an editor’s cut, so the scene was never fully fleshed out.\u00a0 You have conversation, nothing else. \u00a0 However, as a snippet, I don’t mind sharing it with you.\u00a0 I believe, when the book comes out, you will agree that this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,4,5],"tags":[106,28,39,50],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-background","category-contents","category-the-writing-life","tag-contents","tag-snippet","tag-story","tag-writer-as-editor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}