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                “What did you do last night?”
                “I sneaked into their camps and slit King Herean’s throat while he slept, passed out from drink.” She saw no regret in his expression, but there was something. What was it?
                It surprised her as a feeling of pride came over her at his act. This crazed king had taken her own home, now Jass’s , and who knows how many lives he was responsible for destroying? “And your king didn’t tell you to do it, did he?”
                “No. I acted alone. Nobody knows for sure it was me, but I have a reputation. In fact, no one in Farna knows he’s dead. Lenn just attacked without telling why, without revealing their leader was dead. They are mindless drones. But their assassins are not. They knew my handiwork. Nobody else could have gotten close to him.
                “I believed if I killed him, they would end their wars. King Herean was a powerful leader, inspirational in the most deadly ways, encouraging those under him with fear and bringing out their dark tendencies. But even in death, they followed him and attacked. How he could have so many people under his spell, I’ll never know.”
                Mandia unconsciously squeezed his warm hand. He laced his fingers through hers.
                He said in a quiet voice, “I knew we had to leave right away when I saw them coming from the watchtower this morning. I knew we had a little time, not much. And when you begged me to save your mother, I decided maybe one more hour could be risked. When I left you, I looked for her.”
                Mandia’s eyes widened. She gasped. “Did you— Did you find her?” She held her breath again.
                A soft smile curved his lips. “She was a butcher’s slave, cleaning the shop.”
                “You saw her? Talked to her? How is she? Did you tell her I was okay?”
                He actually chuckled. “Yes, all is well. She was being treated kindly. I paid the butcher a high price to smuggle her out of the city with him, told him a way to get her and his family safely away from the Lenn attackers.”
                “What? And you’re just now telling me this?” She jerked her hand away from him, paused, then punched him right in the face.
                But Mandia wasn’t very strong and he barely flinched
                “Why couldn’t she come with us?” she asked as relief her mother was safe washed over her. She didn’t regret the punch.
                “I didn’t tell you because I knew you’d want to go with her and the butcher’s family.”
                “And why didn’t you want me to? That’s where I should be now. Why couldn’t she have just come with us? I don’t understand any of this.”
                “She was very weak. She never could have made this climb. Where the butcher took her is a safe place, not too far out of the city, in the jungle, a place many were escaping to. Lenn doesn’t know the jungle as Farnans do and there’s little chance they’ll be found.”
                “So you’re saying she was too weak for making it here, but why wouldn’t you let me go with her? Why didn’t you tell me?”
                He was quiet for a long moment, staring at the candle’s flame. He then turned his body to face her, took both her hands. “I had to make sure you were safe, and I knew nobody could protect you like I can.” His eyes gleamed with desire for the first time, black in the darkness.
                Mandia’s mouth opened slightly and a warmth spread through her body at his words, his touch, his eyes. He leaned to her and she felt his warm breath on her cheek. He gently kissed her face all over, then moved to her lips.
                Their kiss was soft, sweet, and all thoughts of how