Suddenly, the Great Hall erupted into a flurry of activity. Tables were pushed to the sides of the hall as servants made room for Ashlynn and Owain's historic duel. The rushes on the floor were swept aside, along with the ashes and bones of the late Abbot Recared.
Only a few hasty words from one of the captive Inquisitors prevented the abbot's remains from being tossed out with the rubbish, and even then, Sir Beathan refused to let the Inquisition hang on to the ashes or the charred and blackened bones.
"I won't see him entombed to be revered," Beathan said as he accepted a coarse, cloth sack filled with what little remained of Recared. "Her Dominion can decide what should be done with him when this is over."
