Why do you not say something to her?” Sarkis groaned. “Because I have too much power over her fate right now.” Zale raised an eyebrow. “You’ll have to explain that one for me.” “For a number of years, I was a mercenary captain. And there were jobs where I could say yes, and jobs where I could say no. And then there were jobs where, if I said no, I made sure that we were on the way out of the country when I said it.” The priest had never been slow on the uptake. “You don’t think she’ll feel safe saying no to you?” “I am not willing to risk it.” He poked the fire, raising a flare of sparks. “A
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