Chapter 46

Talin's head tilted to the slave.

The woman eyed the spear, then took a step back. "We can be enemies later," she said. "If you want to pursue me, I will not think badly of you."

"I do not care either way," Talin said. Her eyes traveled to the two defenders. The rules of the match said that she could not attack a defender without the intent of killing a sodales. She had to make sure that she wasn't breaking anything. For now. "Why are there two of them?"

"It is the...