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He wasn’t tempted though; it was too early and he was too much on edgeTo calm himself he walked over to Eghano who was lazily drumming, as he always seemed to be, on a tabletop Eghano glanced up at him and smiled”It’s just a performance,” he said in his soft sibilant voice”We do what we [...]

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It was strange, he reflected, twisting his head from side to side to try to ease the soreness, how only a few hours in a soft armchair could leave one feeling more knotted and uncomfortable than a whole night out on cold ground He felt surprisingly awake though, given the night he’d just had and [...]

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Over the years Dianora had developed a respect, grudging at first, and then less so, for the grim YgrathenShe counted it as one of her own triumphs that he seemed to trust her nowFor years now, in fact, or she would never have been allowed to spend a night in Brandin’s bed while he slept [...]

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It has suited my purposes to play a role, many different roles, in fact, for a great many yearsTomasso bar Sandre ought to appreciate that Tomasso did not return the smile”Perhaps then, under the circumstances, you might favor us by saying who you really are He said it as politely as the situation seemed to [...]

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A large carpet in a design that was unmistakably Quileian, even to Devin’s untutored eye, covered the floorThe seventeen-year-old, Selvena, it emerged, sank gracefully down upon it at Devin’s feetShe looked up at him and smiledHe received, and chose to ignore, a quick, sardonic glance from Catriana as she took a seat -nearer to the [...]

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He said, “Then this is something that has been stolen from me all my lifegive it back to me? Will you tell me the name of the land where I was born?” He was looking at Baerd by starlight, for Ilarion too was gone now, over west beyond the treesAlessan had said it was Baerd’s [...]

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“Where were you born?” “In Tregea,” the other man said after a pause Devin had a moment to think about how completely things had shifted here, that Alessan should be asking the questions nowHe felt a stirring within him, of hope renewed and of pride The Prince was nodding his head”I thought it might be [...]

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“Then what?” he asked “Then I saw her in the window, and figured out what was happeningI used my magic to get over the wall and I was waiting in the garden beneath the window”You sent an astonishing spell from so far, but you didn’t have a chanceYou couldn’t know, never having tried, but you [...]

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A lean hunting dog, grey and graceful, regarded him from by the fire but did not rise Alienor laid her candle downShe closed the two doors and turned to him, leaning back against the polished woodHer eyes were enormous, uncannily blackDevin felt his pulse like a hammerThe rush of his blood seemed loud in his [...]

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Otherwise I’ll die having done nothing but live somewhat longer than most Year Kings, and the priestesses will be in power again before my bones are picked clean underground Alessan closed his eyesDevin became aware of the rustling of leaves all around them and the sporadic calling of birdsThen Alessan looked up at Marius again, [...]

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