As Cimon Endrus died, Leah backed away from the edge of the wall, toward the set of stairs that led down through the interior of the guardhouse. The little man followed her as she moved. Lycon had called him Ragny. He had called himself Innocen.

Leah made no sudden movements. She had a sword at her belt, but drawing it would bring this man's speed into play, and she had seen how fast he could move. And his strength. He had kicked Lycon off the side of the building with the ease of a ...