The Warded Man was born on the Krasian desert, four years ago, Arlen had told her, when she asked his age on the road last year. And the man beneath the wards? Leesha had asked. How old was he when he died? He was killed, Arlen said, though he had never said by whom. Leesha watched as Arlen fought the two Sharum, and knew she was looking at two of the killers. Two of the men who had kicked him onto the path that led to the madness of warding his own flesh. Had Ahmann been one as well? Probably, if Abban’s warning had been true. If you know the son of Jeph, if you can get word to him, tell him
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