CHAPTER TEN
Thor walked with his head hanging, downcast, kicking pebbles on the road. Krohn walked at his side and Estopheles circled somewhere high above as Thor made his way slowly to the Legion barracks. Since the funeral and his encounter with Gwen, he felt deflated. The pain of watching King MacGil being lowered into the earth took something out of him—as if a part of him sank into the earth with the casket. The king had taken him under his wing, had shown him kindness, had given him Estopheles, had been a father figure to him. Thor felt as if he owed him something, that it had been his responsibility to save him and he had failed. As the bells had tolled, Thor felt as if they tolled the announcement of his failure.
Then there was his encounter with Gwen. She hated him now, that muc
