How can we trust a princess of the Highlands to keep our interests at heart?”
“I am sorry Brock,” Vaklori of the Drundiki clan said, “but I must agree with Vultar and Jertalk. Xxnx There are those in the Great Forest who will remember you for the man you truly are, not the man you have to be.” She kissed my cheek, “How can you be a xenophobe when you love me? It was my fault. Ah, this is the one. The implied question was of course, ‘why didn’t you take me with you?’
“It was.” I sighed, sitting on the bed. How I would do it in time, I did not know. What would happen down there was out of the realm of ranger justice, and so, I washed my hands of it. I would bring her to my breast, gaze into her lidless eyes,
