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bother again, Chaol went on, “We came to
warn you.”
His father lifted a brow. “Morath is on the
move, this I know. I’ve taken the precaution
of having your beloved mother and brother
removed to the mountains.”
“Morath is on the move,” Chaol said,
fighting the disappointment that he would see
neither of the two people he needed to speak
to the most, “and it is on its way directly
here.”
His father, for once, went still.
“Ten thousand troops,” Chaol said. “They
come to sack the city.”
He could have sworn his father paled. “You
know this without a doubt?”
“I sailed with an army sent from the
khagan, a legion of his ruk riders amongst
them. Their scouts discovered the
information. The rukhin fly here as we speak,