“Galad?” she said. “What are you doing here? How—” She cut off as he seized her in an embrace, causing those around him on both sides to jump in surprise. She jumped, too. She lived! How? I killed Valda, Galad thought immediately. Killed him for the death of my mother. Who is not dead. I have done evil. No. Valda had deserved to die for the assault on Morgase.
