SWNOVELS Chapter RHYERS - Covering Alazar's Tracks
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RHYERS
Rhyers found Alazareth sitting on a log in Warlock Grove. Whittling.
Whittling. At a time like this?
“There you are.”
Alazareth’s head popped up and he jerked. “I didn’t hear you.”
No one does.
“You need to be more careful.” Rhyers’ annoyance tinged his voice. Unusual annoyance.
Alazareth quirked a blonde brow.
“Your slaughter of the Death Dealer was messy.”
Alazar shifted uncomfortably.
“If you’re going to cross the King of Assassins, do it with more discretion?”
Alazar cleared his throat. “I thought I had.”
“You left him your typical Letter. A banner declaring it was you killing your own assassin kind.”
Alazar grimaced.
Good. He should grimace.
“You’re engaging in activities that could get you killed. Why?”
Alazar stared at him unblinkingly.
“Oh, you’ve no intention of telling me. That’s fine. But you best take more care in cleaning up after yourself. I got rid of your tracks, from the mud, as much as I could.”
“Thank you, Rhye.”
“Don’t thank me, yet. You know how dangerous that man is. But I’m not sure you know quite how cunning.”
“I’m well aware.”
“I don’t know if you are. If you saw the whole picture of how big the King of the Assassins’s little operation has become you’d be more duly intimidated. He has people at his command you’d never guess.”
“I understand.”
“I don’t want to see him come after you.” Rhyers moved to leave but Alazar’s voice stopped him.
“I know.” A note of shame entered Alazareth’s voice. “I am looking at a bigger picture. I’m not killing men just to kill them.”
Rhyers rotated on his heel. “That hadn’t entered my mind.” He sighed. “But at the very least, summon me next time to help you clean the traces after your kill.”
“Fair.” Alazar noted.