You are of Pardu blood, so she will take no heed of you. I, on the other hand, am one-fourth Tiste Andii—’ She started, breath catching. ‘You are?’ He looked back, surprised. ‘You didn’t know? My mother was from Drift Avalii, a half-blood white-haired beauty—or so I’m told, as I have no direct recollection, since she left me with my father as soon as I’d been weaned.’
