named Sertino sitting  c Erlein di Senzio.

    tood. It o terms ibar. trada all her life.

    tting on  t.

    hing hard.

    quot;It is clear to me no you  your mind,quot; ;You  sigo kill people in your madness.”

    Alais sa speaking.

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    quot;Not do you mean?quot; It was her.

    Alessans expression  bitter. quot; you noticed? You o?

    Notire army massed on to order th!”

    quot;; said Sandre flatly in t follo;hes afraid of Brandin.”

    quot;Per; fully. quot;Or else  cautious. too cautious.”

    quot; do ; asked tregean named Ducas.

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    No one answered him.

    t ligo . Senzio?

    t did tter? Sy years ahem?

    Every time a messenger arrived from back in Astibar somethe Emperor had died . . .

    If ted peninsula, o claim an Emperors tiara in Barbadior. t o fig mattered, t tered all t tiara from t favorites ual fluttering moths.

    And after t  of Barbadior. t Brandin of Ygratern Palm, o stand before Alberico, Emperor of Barbadior.

    Gods, tness of it ...

    But no suc, no suctering reprieve. And so ty   and Senzio, preparing to face tern Palm, kno tire ,  everyt depended on t. If too many of  kind of an army would o lead home?