ss us bot; o ;You just saved yourself more astins touco make a  idings.”

    By  a pull. imistically, but ters s very re-gea proffered augo query largesse, Nerone quaffed it down. he khav was drained.

    Adreano noted t o an unexpected conclusion.

    quot;You ; ly, addressing Nerone but speaking to t large, quot;just reaffirmed igriad.  condition upon ting of t  t t agree to somet even begin to guess ins its going to cost to assuage ts and priestesses enougo get to tomorrohe man

    ibar back to triad at h.”

    ed by t;By t reminds me of trigues of tlety!  guided te line of the whole peninsula.”

    quot;ell, no; said tregean, urning grave, quot;t may be t insig tell me,quot;  on, as Adreano flus;if , t likely as sly—of to conquer, and before Brandin took Cern provinces, t not possiblequot;— of t;t played at ter all? Outplayed by a dead man?”

    Around ttling ts in loud e to be outside, ude seemed to be unfolding so sly. tern gate er eiger of an  riple cloak, racing to reace in time for a good vie. Not noo folloregeans voice doanding flas in darkness.

    “You see, don’t you?quot; ance said flatly. t to precipitously drain o tumn sunshe breeze.

    “I t out. “Sandre wins by losing.

    “By losing a battle ,” t ttered to  all. t le Alberico may be, t is t regea and Ferraut and Certando because of ern Palm only tibar ruled ty and its province for ty-five years tion attempts t I’ve  imes loyal troops,   o tion t o let ts and priestesses into  ni