"War," Rhys said, closing his eyes as he tried to imagine what Ashlynn was going through as she prepared to go to war against Owain Lothian… and what would happen to Jocelynn standing on the other side of that war, especially if Ashlynn ever learned that Jocelynn had been the one to tell Owain her secret.
"You said that Ashlynn is the 'Mother of Trees', a Great Witch like the Mother of Tides," Rhys said as he tried to organize his thoughts, summoning as much of a lord's detachment as he could. He'd sat in judgment on murderers and heretics, and on two occasions, he'd even sat in judgment on knights who had betrayed him and their lords…
