“I don’t need help raising the dead and terrorizing the peasantry,” Shae says tiredly, then hesitates. If he asks for too much, will Arthur turn him down? But if he asks for too little, the man won’t believe him. He’s heard tell that Varan paladins can sense truth and lies. In the end, he lowers his voice, so nobody else in the tavern can hear. “I’m going to Lyrisenia, where I want to banish a demon. I can handle the demon, but I need protection on the journey there.” If I can’t handle Izen, I’m dead anyway. Arthur gives him another long glance, then sips from his tankard. “All right. As long
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