Path Of The Crushed Heart: Book Four Of The Serpent Catch Series - Plot & Excerpts
“We have business inside. Lord Tantos wants one of his sorcerers to examine the corpse of the Starfarer.”The guard glanced at the dragon insignia on Chaa’s uniform, saluted, took the papers, and hurried to unlock the gates.Once inside, the guard lit a taper and offered to escort them to the cell, but Chaa brushed the offer aside, saying, “Remain at your post. I know the way.”They hurried downstairs past row after row of empty cells. Fava recalled a few prisoners being in the cells only days before, but they were all gone, then she remembered the arena games. The prisoners who had lived were free, and all the rest were dead, which explained the light guard.Fava smelled Phylomon long before they reached the cell. Someone had covered the body with straw and a blanket, apparently trying to hide the smell, leaving only Phylomon’s right hand and face exposed.The eye sockets looked sunken and skeletal, and as Chaa pulled the blanket off, Fava saw maggots around Phylomon’s bloated belly.Fava put her hand up over her eyes and nose, unable to withstand the rotting stench, but Chaa opened his pack, took a bottle of wine and began pouring it down Phylomon’s mouth.The corpse did not move, and Fava wondered if her father had gone mad.Chaa stroked the Starfarer’s forehead, and said softly.
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