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Korvel nodded, not wasting his breath on words, and hobbled forward

His wounded leg barely functioned, she saw as theyshe would have to deal with as soon as they reached safety He would also require --which presented another problem: Garbia had only a small clinic; anyone with serious injuries had to be transported to the hospital in the city She couldn’t call down to the village to order blood; nor could she ask the sisters to provide for him

He will have to take what he needs from me

The horse shied nervously as they approached, but went still as the Englishenouillé-toi," Siainst her After the gray slowly lowered hilishman beside him "Reste" To the man, she said, "Lay yourself across his back"

When she tried to ease Korvel down, he resisted

"I am a warrior," he muttered "I will mount and ride"

His stubbornness ret, who had received twice as t had not gone quietly, either The handlers had been forced to drag him away

"You are hurt, and you will fall on your face" She wriggled out froed to his knees She swung around hi her heels into the soil as she eased hiray’s back Once he was in place she bound his wrists with the rope, threading it under the gray’s belly and looping the other end around his knees She tightened the rope as rave;ve-toi"

The gray’sas she adjusted the ht

Si neck, closing her eyes in relief The distant sound of a clanging bell forced her to straighten and take hold of the bridle

"Douceray as she led hiates, the only exit large enough to acco the drive she paused here and there to retrieveon the trail back to the convent, she could assu

As soon as they spotted her, some of the men Flavia had hired to ready the fields for winter ca from their plows She untied the rope and directed four of thelishe for the doctor, sister?" one of them asked

"No, it looks worse than it is," she lied "Carry him upstairs to my room, and put him infro the path from the house "I will be there in aas she joined Sione into the convent Then she reached out and touched her face as unerringly as if she could see it "We arden where Flavia had conducted many of her lessons, and there told her what had happened "He came for my father He’s taken the scroll in order to draw hiround "I offered him my life He left me to his men"

Flavia took hold of her hand "I spoke with our superiors while you were gone They will be sending soave lanced at the top floor of the convent "What do they wish ht, bitter slishman sent by Tremayne to secure the treasure"

"His name is Korvel, and I rescued him," Simone told her "He is wounded, and too weak to be of any use to us"

"Then you ifts so that you may track the thieves and retrieve the scroll"