Fear might be his friend, if that wasn’t just bluff and bluster for Palli’s sake, but it was clear the dy Jironal brothers were not. The Roknari reported you’d died of a fever was a lie outright, and, cleverly, quite uncheckable by now. Well, he was surely sheltered here in quiet Valenda. He hoped he’d cautioned Palli sufficiently to walk warily at the court
Cautioned Pauli not to tell anyone why he deliberately was left off the ransom list
