Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3)

by John Gwynne

‘And what is your useful trade, then?’ Fidele asked him. ‘Death. I deal in death.’

‘Keep a close watch on the path you follow, my friend, else one day you will look about you and not know where you are,’ Nathair said quietly.

‘Fools worry, the wise do, as your old mam used to say.’

‘Aye,’ Fidele muttered, ‘the timing could have been better, I’ll give you that.’