Chapter 52. Indiscreet Question

"Then let her stay, but don't leave her alone with Jordan... Never! And she mustn't talk about it with him, because the god can hear through him..."

"Jordan wouldn't hurt a fly."

"I know that, but he'd be taken by the damned tree. He won't know what he's doing. Only after he's been used by this god will Jordan remember everything he saw and happened in the cursed forest, and regretting it won't make things right.

"What does this god of the cursed forest want with Samira? What is her relationship to all this? With you? Why does he want to hurt her?"

"No. There's no way he would hurt Samira. What he's going to take from her, she won't even feel. But... I think I've said enough for today. Just promise me that you won't leave Samira alone with Jordan and the forest god won't be able to find an occasion to do what he wants... And then, after he gives up,