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Forest Mage
ROBIN HOBB
To Alexsandrea and Jadyn, my companions through a tough year. I promise never to cut and run.
Contents
Chapter Eleven: Franner’s Bend
Chapter Twelve: The King’s Road
Chapter Fourteen: Journey To Gettys
Chapter Seventeen: Routine Duty
Chapter Twenty-Two: Fence Posts
Chapter Twenty-Three: Two Women
Chapter Twenty-Four: An Envelope
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Ambush
Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Messenger
Chapter Thirty-One: Accusations
Chapter Thirty-Three: Court Martial
Chapter Thirty-Four: Surrender
There is a fragrance in the forest. It does not come from a single flower or leaf. It is not the rich aroma of dark crumbly earth or the sweetness of fruit that has passed from merely ripe to mellow and rich. The scent I recalled was a combination of all these things, and of sunlight touching and awakening their essences and of a very slight wind that blended them perfectly. She smelled like that.
We lay together in a bower. Above us,
