He was not so great a fool as to trust Varys anyfurther than he had to - but the eunuch already knew enough about Shae to gether well and thoroughly hanged. He could not smellthem, nor hear their howls by night, yet he felt their presence at his back. Filled with rage, she leapt onto his back, knocking him head-first from hissaddle. Around his neck hung a chain oflinked coins, coins of every shape and size, cast and hammered, bearing thelikenesses of kings, wizards, gods and demons, and all manner of fancifulbeasts.
“The Night Train,” by Lavie Tidhar. A pale grey wisp of smoke blew fromthe top of the mountain to mark where the island lay. THE WAR BEGINS From the radiating point of Siwenna, the forces of the Empire reached out cautiously into the black unknown of the Periphery. May the gods speed you on your way, the High Septon said.
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