The Lord of Lies: Strange Threads: book 2
“Loppolo was walking around with his entourage telling everyone what a good job they had done, the soldiers were laughing and carrying on, and despite the fact that grog was not part of anyone’s allotted rations, many people seemed to somehow be drunk. Rostigan knew that, after a long day of running and fighting, it would be unwise not to let the soldiers celebrate – but he did not want them celebrating too hard.
There was still work to be done, bodies to organise and a funeral pyre to be built....
‘Do not mix the Unwoven with our people,’ he told those doing the collecting. ‘Throw them into the pit and leave them there.’ No one asked why, and he supposed it must seem natural that slain enemies would be shown such contempt.
Leave them for the crows, was what he really meant.
He stood with Yalenna and Forger, with his arm around Tarzi, in the midst of the officer’s tents, staring into a fire. His lies were growing numerous and it was making life difficult. Forger kept eyeing Tarzi as if he couldn’t make sense of her, no doubt because of the obvious affection she bore Rostigan.MoreLess
There was still work to be done, bodies to organise and a funeral pyre to be built....
‘Do not mix the Unwoven with our people,’ he told those doing the collecting. ‘Throw them into the pit and leave them there.’ No one asked why, and he supposed it must seem natural that slain enemies would be shown such contempt.
Leave them for the crows, was what he really meant.
He stood with Yalenna and Forger, with his arm around Tarzi, in the midst of the officer’s tents, staring into a fire. His lies were growing numerous and it was making life difficult. Forger kept eyeing Tarzi as if he couldn’t make sense of her, no doubt because of the obvious affection she bore Rostigan.MoreLess
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