"You have brought me to shame!"
"What of the women you have shared with me?"
Hellayne's eyes met those of her tormentor.
"It is a man's part!"
"And you are a man!"
"One at least shall have cause to think so."
"Perchance you will have him murdered. Why not kill me, too? That, too, is a man's part."
He gave a great roar.
"And who says that I shall not?"
An icy fear, not for herself, but for Tristan, gripped her heart. She tried to hide it under a mantle of indifference.