“It’s true,” Bowe said. “Those who are seriously wounded will have a place guaranteed too.” That wasn’t in the agreement, Bowe would have to make sure he told Oamir and the other families to note those who were injured and how badly. It didn’t seem fair that those who would survive dangerous injuries should lose out.
He wasn’t sure the man heard him, though. The old man didn’t lose consciousness, but he became unaware of his surroundings again.
“See what you’ve done,” Iyra said. “He wants to die. You’ve turned our willingness to help one another into a weapon for your own gain. You promised me we were coming back to try to end this without bloodshed and I trusted you. You slept in my arms, and all the time this was what you had planned.” Tears fell down Iyra’s cheeks. “This slaughter.”
“It’s for the best. I’m sure of it.” Bowe didn’t feel the slightest bit sure; how could he, with all the dead and dying around him?
“And who are you to decide? All these people have died because you decided it was for the best.”
“I’m a leader. I have to make tough choices.”
Iyra leaned in close to the old man and touched his neck. She paused, then closed his eyelids. “You don’t have to keep trying to keep his guts in with your tunic. He’s dead. Get out of here. You’ve done your part. Let those of us who have come to heal do what we can.” Tears streamed down her cheeks. She shoved Bowe in the shoulder. “Get out of here.”
Bowe stood up. “I do love you, you know.”
“I hope not. If you do, that makes everything you’ve done worse somehow. Get out of here.”
Further Information
The Narrowing Path series concludes with The Collapsing Path.
The Collapsing Path
In just six short years, Bowe Bellanger, still not yet twenty years old, has gone from being a doomed deadbeat to becoming one of the most powerful men in the land. However, that means it‘s Bowe‘s responsibility to stand in judgment and decide who lives and who dies. Having watched friends die on the Path six years ago, can he now oversee the new one? If instead, he wants to see real change, Bowe will have to sacrifice everything he has built and more.
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THE TREACHEROUS PATH
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