Well of Shiuan
“He made a signal to one of the men with him, toward the door. That man summoned others, who held between them a small and tattered shadow.
Jhirun.
He could not help her. She recognized him as he moved a little into the torchlight. Her shadowed face assumed a look of anguish. But she said nothing, seeing him, nor cried out. Vanye lowered his eyes, apology for all things between them, lifted them again. There was nothing that he could say to ease her plight, and much that he could say to make... it worse, making clear his regard for her.
He turned from the sight of her and of them, and walked back to stare out the window.
"Make a fire in the west tower hall," Kithan bade one of the guards.
And they withdrew, and the door closed.
CHAPTER Ten The thunder rumbled almost constantly, and in time the torches, whipped by the wind that had free play through the small cell, went out, one by one, leaving dark. Vanye sat by the window, leaning against the stones, letting the cold wind and spattering rain numb his face as his hands long since were numb.MoreLess
Jhirun.
He could not help her. She recognized him as he moved a little into the torchlight. Her shadowed face assumed a look of anguish. But she said nothing, seeing him, nor cried out. Vanye lowered his eyes, apology for all things between them, lifted them again. There was nothing that he could say to ease her plight, and much that he could say to make... it worse, making clear his regard for her.
He turned from the sight of her and of them, and walked back to stare out the window.
"Make a fire in the west tower hall," Kithan bade one of the guards.
And they withdrew, and the door closed.
CHAPTER Ten The thunder rumbled almost constantly, and in time the torches, whipped by the wind that had free play through the small cell, went out, one by one, leaving dark. Vanye sat by the window, leaning against the stones, letting the cold wind and spattering rain numb his face as his hands long since were numb.MoreLess
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