Chapter 10While it was a mild surprise to hear Liseny had garnered Tearnal’s attention by offering Tanash’s training skills—and only mild because it made perfect sense in hindsight—it was more so to receive Cersamor’s orders to start teaching Liseny how to defend himself. He didn’t argue. It wasn’t his place. But he wished Liseny had been present in the meeting after dinner so Tanash could judge how he felt on the matter.
He went to sleep that night in his own bed for the first time in weeks, but it wasn’t the peace he’d hoped for. His thoughts were too much of a muddle for that.
Tearnal’s early knock at his door woke him.
“I’ve come to ask a favor,” Tearnal said.
Tanash bent to make his bed, hiding his shock at the king’s verbiage. “How can I be of service, sire?”
“Cersamor and I are
