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He ht just have to let the old et said "Their names were removed from the temple rolls and obliterated from all histories of that time No e the possibility that these men ever existed"

Pájaro smiled "What if I told you I can prove that the dark Kyn are not dead, Professor?" He noted the moment of stillness that came over the old man at the mention of their na us"

"I have no knowledge of devil worshipers who have lived for seven hundred years" The old man sniffed "Of course, you would You are a lunatic"

As the old lasses fro the oval edge of an old tattoo

Pájaro seized his aret’s palm to embed the tip in the top of the desk As the old man released a hoarse cry of pain, Pájaro tore apart the sleeve to reveal the black carinned as he oat, speaking such lies about those you serve"

"I don’t knohat--" The professor grunted as his lip split beneath the impact of Pájaro’s fist

"We’ll start over fro," Pájaro said, "and this tiet displayed his blood-covered teeth "You stole fro for you" He took in a deep, shuddering breath, his gaze shifting to the unconscious Alain before he wrapped his hand around the hilt of the dagger With a single jerk he pulled it out of his palm and brandished the blade

Pájaro’s brows rose "Do you really believe you can kill me for him, old man?"

"I don’t have to You were dead froet reversed the blade and plunged it into his own chest

When Korvel let hione Taking her had given him the most pleasure he had ever known, and as soon as he had removed himself from her body he had wanted to tell her that But Si down the ripped skirt of her dress She had looked down at the hand he held to her before she walked to the gate and out of the courtyard

Korvel had thought she wanted nothingthe pillows and straightening the bed linens, as if she were a hotel maid

She is aany of it, not with the s the bed His eyes strayed to the torn seams at the heether "Stop doing that"

"I am nearly finished" She tucked the coverlet under the bottohtened "There" She regarded hilimmer of malice "Are you ready to leave, Captain?"

"No"

She nodded "Is there soain he would put his fist through a wall The hts must have shown on his face, for she took a step back

"I will not hurt you, Simone" Decency forced hi, not yours"

Her mouth compressed "I knohat I did, Captain"

"You were not responsible for your actions," he said "You may be immune to l’attrait, but no mortal can escape the effect of our particular talents"

"And what is yours?"

"I can compel any woman to desire me None can resist or refuse The passion you felt was not your own I made you feel it" When she reements to return you immediately to the convent"

"We had sex, Korvel We both wanted it, and we both enjoyed it That had nothing to do with your talent" The bluntness of her words didn’t match the curious sadness of her tone "Excuse me" She retreated into the bath and closed the door

For all its discomforts, celibacy had never reduced Korvel to the level of a stricken, tongue-tied adolescent He hadn’t felt this plagued by emotion since his last confrontation with Alexandra at le conseil supérieur, when hisher under his sway