Chapter 21. Assassin
Brom had tried to kill Orwin with a fake letter from the governor of Aroughs. The letter was a ruse to trick Orwin in to coming to Aroughs. Orwin saw through the ruse and sent one of his personal spellcasters disguised as him to take his place. Brom killed the man after returning him to his proper form. Then the Varden suffered terrible losses to the empire, it was Morzan who layed down the trap that claimed over seventy percent of the Varden's forces, including Weldon. The only reason the others survived was because of Brom. Brom fought like a madman nearly cutting Kialandi's head off, but her dragon attacked Brom while Morzan healed her. When Brom mortally wounded Kialandi's dragon Morzan's dragon attacked him. He managed to wound the red dragon and would have killed him, but Morzan intervened. They fought a terrible duel and Brom cut off Morzan's left hand before Durza, the Razac, and Durnom showed up. He retreated via the Jiet River and swam down the river until he reached Dauth.
After resting in Dauth, Brom journeyed to Aberon where the council of elders elected a young woman named Malice to lead the Varden. Malice was young, not the youngest person to lead the Varden, but young. What she lacked in age she made up for in wisdom beyond her years. While the Varden returned to Tronjheim Brom went north via the town of Melian, then he traveled to Furnost zig zagging across the land. He was intent on finishing what he started with finally made it to Kuasta, he snuck into the city by climbing over the first wall and digging under the second.
He had no contacts in Kuasta so Brom was on his own. He rented a room as man seeking work as a shipmen. Then he rented a second room in disguise as a spy for Galbatorix. On his first night in Kuasta Brom kidnapped a soldier and used his ring Arwen to transmute the man so that he would like Brom then he tied the man up in the first room he rented and placed trap spells in the room. The next night he went up to the palace dressed as a soldier. When Kialandi received word that Brom was in Kuasta, she took twelve soldiers to comfront him, without calling Morzan or Galbatorix. Blinded by rage and revenge she burst into the room without checking it for trap spells. The fake Brom charged Kialandi and the soldiers. The fake Brom killed three soldiers before the real Brom stabbed him in the side. He fell to his knees as Kialandi summoned spirits to possess the fake Brom and turn him into a shade.
"I am going to enjoy this…" She said beaming.
That is when the real Brom activated his trap spells. The spells he layed added power to her spell summoning more spirits. She lost control and they turned on her, as they possessed her body Kialandi's hair became blood red. Her lips turned red and her skin turned pale as she howled into the air.
Brom unsheathed her blade and plunged it into her heart before the process was finished. She howled again and the spirits tore her body apart and left. When the remaining nine soldiers converged on Brom he used the energy stored in Arwen and cried. "Jierda…" There was a unified crack as all the soldier's knecks were broken at the same time. Brom cut all the soldiers and wrote in blood, Morzan I am sorry I missed you and give Galbatorix my regards…
Morzan walked through the mangled mess of bodies, Kialandi's sword was missing and all that remained was her clothes. Morzan stood in front of the wall reading the message Brom left him. He smirked; ("Oh Brom I will see you sooner than you think…")