Dragoncrest Cliffs the first casualty of war is innocence

Her words drew a baffled snort from him--half-anger, half-amusement. I mean, yeah? he shot back, fixing a gimlet stare on the warrior. I didn't know her that well at all. My job was to protect her, not to know every little detail of the story of her life. As much as his voice was wry, there was that little note of pain behind each word as the tiny voice of his conscious screamed --

YOU FAILED! YOU FAILED! YOU FAILED!

So what, we go out looking for Wildfire to tell her? Verx asked. Is that gonna bring Heda back? I'd save my breath, but that's just me.

Again, he didn't know Wildfire. And, sure, he didn't know Antumbra all that well either. But to think that the strongest woman he knew had been brought to her end by the betrayal of a lover? That, he refused to believe.