Chapter ten
The scorpion and The ScorpionIn the following period as the Peace Conference fell apart and the delegations from the Dawn Lands returned home and King Telmont gathered his strength and advanced and reports came in of a buildup in the adherents of Spikatur Hunting Sword, Prince Nedfar deliberated.
“For the sweet sake of Opaz, prince! And for the equally sweet sake of the poorest family trying to scrape a living in the fish stews! Make up your mind!”
Nedfar looked steadily back at me. “You are the Emperor of Vallia, Jak, and I have not recovered from the shock of that yet. I called you traitor. No wonder you studied in the map room. But—”
“Look, Nedfar. We’re talking about your country. So I fooled you. I have had to do many things in my life... You have never — I do not gues
