Cherryh, C J - Fortress 02- Fortress Of Eagles - Plot & Excerpts
No Guelenman had been killed, but the deed was there, and the entire Guelen army might never be the same as if it had never happened… while Amefin blood was shed even before the slaughter in the courtyard. And for all these reasons the day and the new rule in Amefel would dawn less bright than it might have done. Given his private choice of what to do now, Tristen thought, he would go see to his horses, take account of the men he personally knew, find a cup of water that did not come from Lady Orien’s cupboard and a bed in which she had not slept… or sit anywhere but in this hall letting guilty men go free and dealing with those he had provoked. But along with the power the new duke of Amefel had to dismiss Cherryh, C J - Fortress 02- Fortress of Eagles everything and take those comforts by decree, he found himself obliged. He had watched Cefwyn, in utmost weariness and at any hour, gather himself up and attend what duty wanted attending, and now he knew Cefwyn had given him what neither Mauryl nor Emuin could give him: the model of a lord of men.
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