The Sword And the Song (2015)
“Eoghan roared.
Aine cringed, even though she knew his fury was not directed toward her. She focused instead on the sting in her palm where she had sliced it open on the thorns of the monk’s collar plant. Even beneath the numbing salve and the wrapping, it hurt.
Not as bad as a knife wound would have —or had. She had been cut before by an assassin’s blade, and that had been someone she had trusted as well.
She had a terrible record of trusting people who secretly wanted to kill her.
“Eoghan,” Ri...ordan said gently, nodding in her direction.
Eoghan focused on her, and his demeanor softened. He came to kneel beside the chair in the Ceannaire’s office where she sat and took her unwounded hand. “Aine, look at me. Are you all right? Are you hurt in any way?”
She shook her head numbly. “I suspect I’m in shock, though.”
“We should get you to your chamber. But first, did he say anything? Did he give any indication why he tried to kill you?”
“No, none. I thought it was odd that he wanted to accompany me to the garden, because the garden is not his responsibility.MoreLess
Aine cringed, even though she knew his fury was not directed toward her. She focused instead on the sting in her palm where she had sliced it open on the thorns of the monk’s collar plant. Even beneath the numbing salve and the wrapping, it hurt.
Not as bad as a knife wound would have —or had. She had been cut before by an assassin’s blade, and that had been someone she had trusted as well.
She had a terrible record of trusting people who secretly wanted to kill her.
“Eoghan,” Ri...ordan said gently, nodding in her direction.
Eoghan focused on her, and his demeanor softened. He came to kneel beside the chair in the Ceannaire’s office where she sat and took her unwounded hand. “Aine, look at me. Are you all right? Are you hurt in any way?”
She shook her head numbly. “I suspect I’m in shock, though.”
“We should get you to your chamber. But first, did he say anything? Did he give any indication why he tried to kill you?”
“No, none. I thought it was odd that he wanted to accompany me to the garden, because the garden is not his responsibility.MoreLess
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