Wrath (The Faithful and the Fallen, #4)

by John Gwynne

‘And your wife and son – I set them free because it was the right thing to do. There was no other choice.’ ‘Ah, but there was, True-Heart. There always is.’

‘To my thinking, though, it’s what happens before death that’s important. All of us die. How many really live?’

‘Because you saved my life, even though it put yours at risk. Because you stayed for your friend, when you could have run. Because these people here ran through the length of Forn to find you, fought the Jotun, fought bears, risked death, all for you. That speaks a thousand words. Because there is something about you, Corban ben Thannon.’

MY BOYYYYYYYYYYY

No. Fear is the enemy. Control it, use it. He thought of Gar on a spring meadow beside the sea, the call of gulls in the background, so long ago, and Gar offering to teach him, to train him, to help him control his fear. And Corban did. Perhaps it was his greatest act of valour this day.