Take her to the kitchen, came the order. If she lies, throw her in the cauldron." He was jesting about the cauldron, wasn't he? You cannot have a cauldron big enough for a person? Bard halted, sighed, looked at her with those wide, liquid eyes. We, he said, have knives.

Lord of the Abyss (ed. Harlequin, 2011) - ISBN: 9780373618729