“It had been built for functionality, not vanity, and when, at long last, Mordred had been summoned to compete in the Gatherum, he had closed the castle doors with no intention of ever opening them again.He reflected bitterly on the memory, and the second betrayal at the tourney, and the twenty lost years that only resulted in another, final betrayal, and worse, the loss of his right hand.This, he thought coldly, was the result of believing too strongly in the nobility of men—and in the Dragon w...ho had promised him a reward that was now as insubstantial as a dream.The Dragon had been waiting for him when he arrived, and stoked a fire in the long-cold hearth. It had burned down to glowing embers before Samaranth chose to speak.“Your brother has been exiled,” the Dragon said.“Exiled?” Mordred answered, a glimmer of interest rising in his eyes. “To where?”“Solitude.”Mordred’s face fell. “You mean in the Archipelago. You’ve let him return . . . . But not . . .”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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