Echoes of Betrayal by Elizabeth Moon

Author:Elizabeth Moon [Moon, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Military
ISBN: 9780345524812
Google: EWYSJWDMfngC
Amazon: B0052FIO9M
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2012-02-20T16:00:00+00:00

He rolled it, sealed it, and put it back in the message tube, tied now with ribbons in Lyonya’s colors. A final drop of wax sealed the ties. Into the velvet pouch, and it was ready for Serrostin when he came to dinner. The next morning, Serrostin rode away.

Tsaia: North Marches Stronghold

At Midwinter, the gnomes declined to come up and celebrate with the others; Arcolin felt bad about that but not bad enough to make it an order. For himself, that Midwinter Feast completed the process of becoming comfortable with his new role. The newest recruit cohort, smaller than usual, included youngsters who had never known any other commander or the stronghold without a Marshal near. Having a Marshal to light the fire of Sunreturn made him as happy as having the title himself. Or almost.

Immediately after Midwinter, he sent a courier south to Vérella, informing the king of the gnomes’ arrival and what they had said. He had no idea what the king would do. The secondhand report of a dragon might seem—would seem, Arcolin was sure—highly suspect, though the arrival of visible, recognizable gnomes would certainly carry weight. Though he himself was convinced the gnomes were telling the truth—the truth as they knew it—no king, he thought, would want to give up territory on the word of beings he had never met.

Yet the gnomes refused to go to Vérella unless he himself did, and he was reluctant to give them hard orders, they were so obviously distraught.

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