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“I obey no man,” she snarled. “But I’m not
fool enough to believe I know more about
armies and soldiers than you do. My pride is
not so easily bruised.”
Aedion took a step forward. “And mine
is?”
“What I did, I did for her, and for this
kingdom. Look at these men, your men—look
at the allies we’ve gathered and tell me that if
they knew the truth, they would be so eager to
fight.”
“The Bane fought when we believed her
dead. It would be no different.”
“It might be for our allies. For the people
of Terrasen.” She didn’t back down for a
moment. “Go ahead and punish me for the rest
of your life. For a thousand years, if you wind
up Settling.”
With Gavriel for his father, he might very
well. He tried not to dwell on the possibility.