He was overconfident, she told him. And I won so the gods must have thought I was right. Otherwise they'd have made me lose. You know how trial by combat works. You won because you were good he corrected her. I find it hard to believe the gods sit forever about the Divine Realms betting on jousts and trials by combat.
Squire: Book 3 of the Protector of the Small Quartet (ed. Random House Books for Young Readers, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307433794