Orpheus didn't understand why Lady Karina had seemed so surprised by the whole affair; after all, wasn't that what she wanted? Wasn't it what she requested of him?
"That was your request, was it not, my lady? You wanted the corpses of all the knights gone," Orpheus stated in a matter-of-fact tone.
Lady Karina pivoted on her heels, looking at him questioningly. "I know what I requested, but where are all of them? Do not tell me you have taken their corpses and dumped them outside the castle walls?"
Orpheus wasn't too pleased that the lady had assumed the worst possible scenario when it involved him, but who could blame her?
She had no reason to expect any noble acts from him.
His gaze moved to the north of the bailey wall as if to see through it. "Half were buried near the chapel; the other half were buried just outside the walls."
