An easy choice given that Edward ruled, and so Ahnna said, “It is true that it was a Maridrinian who wounded my face, but that was the only blow he struck. The next was mine, and it left his innards on the outside and him dying a slow death while I cut down his companions.” She ignored the shocked gasps from the watching nobles. “I’ve been cut a hundred times or more by those who desired my death and worse, yet I am the one who still draws breath, whereas they are naught but shit expelled from the asses of Ithicana’s sharks.”
