“And what of Adarlan?” Gavin demanded.
“You would leave it kingless?” The question
said enough of Gavin’s opinion regarding
Hollin. “This is how you would atone for
years spent idling as its Crown Prince?”
Dorian took the verbal blow. It was nothing
but truth, dealt by a man who had served its
nameless god. “Does it really matter
anymore?”
“Adarlan was my pride.”
“It is no longer worthy of it,” Dorian
snapped. “It hasn’t been for a long, long time.
Perhaps it deserves to fall into ruin.”
Gavin angled his head. “The words of a
reckless, arrogant boy. Do you think you are
the only one who has endured loss?”
“And yet your own fear of loss makes you
choose one woman over the fate of the world.”
“If you had the choice—your woman or
Erilea—would you have chosen any
lily
(lily)
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