She doesn't pull away from his touch, but there's weary resignation in her glance when she meets his gaze.
"I made my choice," she says, softly. "To stand with them, and I'd not change it. But there's blood on my hands for it, Caspian."
(this murdering bitch)
"When they were taken, the three of them taken and locked up the day before Reap - Roland had told me if anything went wrong, I were to take his guns from where they were hidden and go west, to warn his father. It were important, for someone to hear of what Farson was doing, aye, but I couldn't leave them so, not knowing what would happen to them."
Her words are still soft, but stay clear, and her gaze remains steady.
"I took his guns and went to the sheriff's instead, where they were held. Sheemie helped me, both to find a disguise and with throwing big-bangs and cracker-strings, to distract and make a noise."
Her voice shivers a little. "I tried to use the gun as a threat only, to - to make them let them go, but when they - I killed the sheriff, and mayhap that were only what he earned for what he'd done, but I killed Dave Hollis as well, and he were only doing his job. He were a good man, Caspian."
no subject
"I made my choice," she says, softly. "To stand with them, and I'd not change it. But there's blood on my hands for it, Caspian."
(this murdering bitch)
"When they were taken, the three of them taken and locked up the day before Reap - Roland had told me if anything went wrong, I were to take his guns from where they were hidden and go west, to warn his father. It were important, for someone to hear of what Farson was doing, aye, but I couldn't leave them so, not knowing what would happen to them."
Her words are still soft, but stay clear, and her gaze remains steady.
"I took his guns and went to the sheriff's instead, where they were held. Sheemie helped me, both to find a disguise and with throwing big-bangs and cracker-strings, to distract and make a noise."
Her voice shivers a little. "I tried to use the gun as a threat only, to - to make them let them go, but when they - I killed the sheriff, and mayhap that were only what he earned for what he'd done, but I killed Dave Hollis as well, and he were only doing his job. He were a good man, Caspian."