Taken by the armored men--the men of Cherkis!" "Cherkis!" She had caught the word.

"Yes--Cherkis! And now he and all his men--and all his women--and every living thing he rules shall pay.
And fear not--you two.

For I, Norhala, will bring back my own.
"Woe, woe to you, Cherkis, and to all of yours! For I, Norhala, am awake, and I, Norhala, remember.

Woe to you, Cherkis, woe--for now all ends for you! "Not by the gods of my mother who turned their strength against her do I promise this.

I, Norhala, have no need for them--I, Norhala, who have strength greater than they.