Kinner was blushing. Harzet was not. “Do you have a better explanation?”
“Not really,” Darna admitted.
“I’ve come to respect you more than I did, but whatever my feelings about you, I would be most happy to learn that my dear friend was not entirely gone from this world, that he left a little of himself behind.”
“He left the destruction of Slaradun behind,” Darna said. She could hear Forlan and Ferrent clattering around in their chamber, hurrying to put on their clothes.
Harzet looked over his shoulder at the door, then approached Darna’s couch. He stood awkwardly over her, but she didn’t move to make room for him to sit.
“I didn’t say that because of whatever it is that’s making you clutch your belly,” Harzet said.
“Then why?”
He crouched down beside her. “It’s only a rumor, but I’
