Chapitre 60: Chapter 60: Campfire

"He still could have listened," Koray said. "He didn't have to order my arrest and have me put in manacles. I didn't deserve that."

"No, you didn't," Emel said. "But I think you both deserve a second chance to explain yourselves. I will do all that I can to help you, whatever you decide you want, necromancer. Because of you, my lover is sitting around a campfire with my friends eating in peace. There isn't—" He broke off, voice catching a moment. It was still a trifle unsteady when he resumed, "Nothing I can do compares to that. I was resigned to being found out and killed where I stood one day. You believed and took a chance where no one else would have. We don't have to hide anymore. Thank you. I promise, I will beat sense into Sorin if that is what I must do. But if I know him …" he paused to flash a brief grin. "He is already quite despondent and furious with himself. So stop hiding out here in the dark and come back to the campfire, High Necromancer. There are plans to make."