Sherrilyn Kenyon by Return Of The Warrior

Author:Return Of The Warrior [Warrior, Return Of The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-09-24T16:48:24+00:00

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Adara's throat tightened as she imagined all he must have heard and seen.

"I never understood his strength. No matter the illness or injury, he would pray with them and comfort them with priestly words, even though I knew he'd long since lost the faith himself. Not that I blame him.

How can you believe in God and His mercy when mere children are being killed for nothing more than sheer meanness? Our worlds had been destroyed, our lives no more than that of a petty insect. And when we were finally free of our hell, Christian spent the first three years traveling to the homes of the dead to pass on their final words and wishes to their families."

That was something she wouldn't have expected of him, and yet it seemed oddly fitting."How kind of him."

"Not really. He was an idiot, in my opinion. You can't imagine the grave responsibility it is to tell someone that their loved one is gone and that they died horribly, aching for the comfort of home and family.

"I was with him one night when he told a Burgundian lady how her son had perished of illness. She cursed and slapped him for surviving while her precious son lay dead. She said many hurtful things to him and her venomous words echo in my ears even now. I can only imagine how they must echo in Christian's. For every person who thanked him for telling them, three more cursed him for it."

"Then why did he do it?"

Phantom drained his cup and poured more."Because he never got to say good-bye to his parents. There was no one there to comfort him when they died. No one to tell him that their final thoughts were of him and his welfare, and he had promised the dying that if he survived, he would carry their words to their families no matter what."

Adara sat quietly as she thought about that. Few men would honor their words to the dead when it gained them nothing and cost them so much.

"Your husband is a lost man, Adara. It's easy to recognize the species when you're one yourself. After our escape from prison, with only a handful of exceptions everyone headed for home. Christian had no home or family to head to."

"He had you. Why didn't you tell him you were cousins?"

Bitterness glowed in his pale eyes."Truthfully?"

"Aye."

When he answered she wasn't sure what chilled her more, his cold stare or his harsh words."Because I was sent into that prison to kill him. I didn't think that knowledge would endear me to his good graces."

She was stunned by his confession. "What?"

Phantom leaned forward and spoke in a low, sinister tone. "You want my guilty secret, Adara? I traded my life for Christian's. After you and your father demanded a body and they couldn't find one, Selwyn learned that the Saracens he'd hired to destroy the monastery had taken a lone survivor into their prison.

I was scheduled to be executed, so Selwyn offered me a bargain.

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