Wildeblood's Empire (2012)
“I knew he hadn’t when they came back to my room, half an hour or so after dawn.
I’d watched the dawn from the windows of my room. I hadn’t been able to sleep. I’d seen the dregs of the search parties begin to trickle in after their hard night’s work: Men, dogs, horses, all looking tired. There were a lot of them. I hadn’t realized what kind of an operation Zarnecki had planned. It occurred to me that he’d have looked a bit of a fool if nothing had happened. Maybe this was his way of redeemi...ng himself for the dueling fiasco. Maybe it had been something of a desperate play on his behalf.
I hated myself for having helped him bring it off.
He came into my room with Cade and Elkanah. The blond youth, who had been sitting outside the door all night, hovered in the background.
He looked me over. I was still dressed: I guess I looked a little rumpled after my little short-circuited adventure.MoreLess
I’d watched the dawn from the windows of my room. I hadn’t been able to sleep. I’d seen the dregs of the search parties begin to trickle in after their hard night’s work: Men, dogs, horses, all looking tired. There were a lot of them. I hadn’t realized what kind of an operation Zarnecki had planned. It occurred to me that he’d have looked a bit of a fool if nothing had happened. Maybe this was his way of redeemi...ng himself for the dueling fiasco. Maybe it had been something of a desperate play on his behalf.
I hated myself for having helped him bring it off.
He came into my room with Cade and Elkanah. The blond youth, who had been sitting outside the door all night, hovered in the background.
He looked me over. I was still dressed: I guess I looked a little rumpled after my little short-circuited adventure.MoreLess
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