Told You

“Da?” Ciaran asked again. His arms were beginning to buckle.

Brenna reached out and caught him by the wrist, pulled him up, and really, she was good with a sword, but should she have been that strong?

Eoghan shook his head. “All his life, I protected him from that vile power, and then you - you taught it to him. And he used it to kill. It killed his mother!”

Ciaran cast a glance at Dolan, but he was looking away, embarrassed.

“Da, now’s not the time. We need to run.”

“I told you,” Eoghan said, “to never light a fire.”