Ascension to the Lost Throne novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: The Stone Chair
"Mari, stand against the wall," Corwin said.
"This is between men."
"It stopped being between men at the gate," said Marina.
She did not move.
Corwin shrugged.
He crossed to the chair with the pistol on Jude, and with his ruined hand he stroked the carved stone of its arm.
Then he turned and lowered himself onto the Seat.
It took him a long time.
Six years of river, rage, and patience sat down in the cold stone.
The great head of the chair rose behind him.
"There," Corwin said.
"Two hundred years, and I'm the first."
"Look at me, Jude."
"Look at a Warden."
Jude looked.
He saw a tired man in a burned coat, with his daughter's mouth and a pistol on his knee.
"I see a man in a chair," Jude said.
"Nothing happened when you sat."
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