He gave orders, and the three Ayyad nearby retreated. Shendla remained, waiting his permission to leave. He had her scouting the area nearby and watching for more assassins. “Are you worried?” he asked her. “You know now for which side we fight. So far as I know, you have not given yourself to the Shadow.” “I’ve given myself to you, Wyld.” “And for me you fight beside Trollocs? Halfmen? Creatures from nightmare?” “You said some would call your actions evil,” she said. “But I do not see them as such. Our path is clear. Once you are victorious, you will remake the world, and our people will be
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