“Turpin said mildly. Sarissa unknotted her fists. Her palms ached and stung where the nails had pierced flesh. Her throat was tight. Still she managed to get the words out. “And have him do what he just did, before we had brought him here?”“Olivier would have been a useful ally,” Turpin said. “It’s an ill thing for you that he died.”“We can’t bring him back,” she said.“Did I ask that?” He shook his head. He looked weary suddenly, worn with his own grief. “I know how close to death I was when I w...as brought here, and how far I had to come before I walked again in the daylight. Roland came farther still. The third of us had gone over the river. I would that I had gone in his place—for your sake and for Roland’s.”“No,” she said. “It was meant to be so. As ill as it seems, as grievous as it is, this is the gods’ will.”He raised a brow at her mention of gods, but did not question it, just then. “Suppose you tell me precisely what you need of Roland.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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