‘But if they fight me, I’ll crush them. Like I did Threetrees, and Beyr, and all the rest.’ ‘What about the Bloody-Nine?’ asked Rattleneck. ‘You’ll be making a farmer of that animal, will you?’ Bethod gave away no hint of his doubts in that direction. ‘Maybe I will. My man. My business.’ ‘He’ll just do what you tell him, will he?’ sneered Blacktoe. ‘This is bigger than one man,’ said Bethod, holding Rattleneck’s eye. ‘This is bigger than you, or me, or your son, or the Bloody-Nine. This is something we owe our people. Talk to the other clans. Call off your dogs. Tell them the land I’ve taken
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