He took it back; he hadn’t meant a word of it, not really. Lysandra tried to rise on her injured leg. The ilken laughed. “Please,” Aedion bellowed. The word was devoured by the screams of the dying. “Please!” He’d make any bargain, he’d sell his soul to the dark god, if they spared her. He hadn’t meant it. He took it back, all those words. Useless. He’d called her useless. Had thrown her into the snow naked. He took it back.
