Amen.” “Father, could you not choose another prayer?” William asked the priest as they stood outside the circle, unable to get in or stop the abomination that would be released now. “Do you think they will open it, then?” Brienne stood at his side and he could feel her warmth there. “Aye,” Will said to them. “Look there.” He turned his gaze on her father and watched as the fireblood continued to hold and torment the boy. They’d tried everything they could to free him and break the hold de Gifford had on his father, but to no avail. “Tolan believes his son will be safe.” “Corann, what do we do then?” Soren asked. “What do we do if the goddess is freed? What will she do?” No one spoke for several seconds and then Brienne did. She’d encountered the goddess in her father’s secret chamber and had shared only bits of that with him or anyone.
