| The Barbadian was a big man, they all were, but this one's face seemed very young under the moonlight
They threw the body across his horse and made their way back to the Nievolene gatesThey could hear the men of the First Company singing loudly from the manor-house along the curving driveThe sound carried a long way in the stillness of the wintry airThere were stars out now beside the moon; the clouds were breaking upBaerd pulled the Barbadian off the horse and leaned him against one of the gate pillarsAlessan and Devin claimed the other dead man from where they had left him in the gully; Baerd tethered the Barbadian's horse some distance off the road
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Alessan touched Devin briefly on the shoulderUsing the skills Marra had taught him, it seemed several lifetimes ago, Devin picked the two elaborate locksHe was glad to be able to make a contributionThe locks were showy but not difficultThe arrogant Nievolene had not had much fear of trespassers
Alessan and Baerd each shouldered a body and carried them throughDevin swung the gates silently shut and they entered the groundsNot toward the manor thoughThey let the pale moonlight lead them over the snow to the barns
There they found troubleThe largest barn was locked from the inside, and Baerd pointed silently, with a grimace, to a spill of torchlight prada fairy bag colored that showed from under the double doorsHe mimed the presence of a guard
The three of them looked upThere was, clearly illuminated by Vidomni's glow, a single small window open, high up on the eastern side
Devin looked from Alessan to Baerd and then back to the PrinceHe looked at the bodies of the two men already dead
He pointed to the window and then to himself
After a long moment Alessan nodded his head
In silence, listening to the ragged singing from over in the manor-house, Devin climbed the outer wall of the Nievolene barnBy moonlight and by feel he deciphered hand and footholds in the coldWhen he reached the window he looked over his shoulder and saw Ilarion, just rising in mens brushed steel and gold cartier watch the east
He slipped through and into the upper loftBelow, a horse whickered softly and Devin caught his breathHis heart thudding, he froze where he was, listeningThere was no other responseIn the sudden, seductive warmth of the barn he crawled cautiously forward and looked down
The guard was comprehensively asleepHis uniform was unbuttoned and the lantern on the floor by his side illuminated an empty flask of wineHe must have lost a dice roll, Devin thought, to have been posted so boringly on guard against nothing here among the horses and the straw
He went down the ladder without a soundAnd in the flickering light of that barn, amid the smell of hay and animals and spilled red wine dolce and gabbana bags Devin killed his first man, plunging his dagger into the Barbadian's throat as the man sleptIt was not the way his dreams of valiant deeds had ever had him doing this
It took him a moment to fight back the churning nausea that followedIt's the smell of the wine, he tried to tell himselfThere was also more blood than he'd thought there would beHe wiped his blade clean before he opened the door for the other two
"Well done," Baerd said, taking in the sceneHe briefly laid a hand on Devin's shoulder
Alessan said nothing, but by the wavering light Devin read a disquieting compassion in his eyes
Baerd had already set about doing what they had to do
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