Moved by Honor (Ch.154)

~Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost~

  - Sir Arthur Charles Clarke

Andronika was just about stepping into her carriage when she heard quiet gasps of surprise coming from her warriors, Andronika spun around and the sight she saw rendered her speechless.

Arne had ripped off his tunic, revealing a bleeding pattern engraved into his skin, right above his heart...it seemed it had been engraved not too long ago as it still bled rapidly and Andronika wondered how she did not notice this when she had found Arne strangely wearing a shirt.

What astonished Andronika was not the fact that the warrior who had gone bare chested for an entire year had suddenly worn a shirt, it was that pattern that had been engraved over his chest, a pattern engraved so deeply, the warrior bled profusely.