By Lois McMaster Bujold
A guy damaged in physique and spirit, Cazaril returns to the noble loved ones he as soon as served as web page and is termed secretary-tutor to the attractive, strong-willed sister of the impetuous boy who's subsequent in line to rule. it truly is an task Cazaril dreads, for it needs to finally lead him to where he so much fears: the royal courtroom of Cardegoss, the place the strong enemies who as soon as put him in chains now occupy lofty positions.
But it truly is greater than the traitorous intrigues of villains that threaten Cazaril and the Royesse Iselle right here, for a sinister curse hangs like a sword over the total blighted apartment of Chalion. And in simple terms via utilising the darkest, so much forbidden of magics can Cazaril desire to guard his royal cost -- an act that may mark him as a device of the staggering . . . and capture him in a deadly maze of demonic paradox.
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Yet am I the 1st to reach, or the final? ” “Well,” acknowledged Umegat dryly, “I can promise you you’re now not the 1st. ” Cazaril grunted knowing. After a bit time spent digesting this, he acknowledged unexpectedly, “But if the gods have given you to Orico, and me to Iselle—though i feel anyone has made a holy mistake—who is given for the safety of Teidez? Shouldn’t there be 3 folks? a guy of the Brother, definitely, although even if device or saint or idiot i do know not—or have the entire boy’s hundred destined protectors fallen by way of the roadside, one after the other? perhaps the fellow seriously isn't the following but. ” a brand new suggestion robbed Cazaril of breath. “Maybe it was once presupposed to were dy Sanda. ” He leaned ahead, burying his face in his fingers. “If I remain the following speaking theology with you for much longer, I swear I’ll turn out ingesting myself blind back, simply to make my mind cease spinning around and around inside of my cranium. ” “Addiction to drink is admittedly a pretty universal danger, between divines,” acknowledged Umegat. “I start to see why. ” Cazaril tilted again his head to capture the final trickle of tea, grown chilly in his cup, and set it down. “Umegat…if i have to ask of each motion not just whether it is clever or strong, but in addition if it’s the single I’m purported to decide on, I shall pass mad. Madder. I’ll prove curled in a nook now not doing something in any respect, other than possibly mumbling and weeping. ” Umegat chuckled—cruelly, Cazaril thought—but then shook his head. “You can't outguess the gods. carry to virtue—if you could establish it—and belief that the obligation set earlier than you is the obligation wanted of you. And that the skills given to you're the skills you might want to position within the gods’ carrier. think that the gods ask for not anything again that they've now not first lent to you. now not even your existence. ” Cazaril rubbed his face, and inhaled. “Then I shall bend all my efforts to selling this marriage of Iselle’s, to damage the carry of the curse upon her. i have to belief my cause, or why else did the goddess decide upon an inexpensive guy for Iselle’s father or mother? ” notwithstanding he additional below his breath, “At least, i was an inexpensive man…” He nodded, way more firmly than he felt, and driven again his chair. “Pray for me, Umegat. ” “Every hour, my lord. ” IT was once growing to be darkish whilst woman BETRIZ introduced a taper into Cazaril’s place of work and drifted approximately for a second lights his analyzing candles of their glass vases. He smiled and nodded thank you. She smiled again and blew out her taper, yet then paused, no longer but returning to the women’s chambers. She stood, Cazaril saw, within the similar spot the place that they had parted the evening of Dondo’s dying. “Things appear to be settling down a bit now, thank the gods,” she remarked. “Yes. a bit. ” Cazaril laid down his quill. “I start to think all may be good. ” “Yes. ” His belly cramped. No. an extended pause. He picked up his quill back, and dipped it, even if he had not anything extra to jot down. “Cazaril, do you have to think you're approximately to die to be able to carry your self to kiss a girl? ” she demanded unexpectedly. He ducked his head, flushing, and cleared his throat.