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"I should like to begin," I say

Asha leads e waterfall that seems to fall and rise at the sah without fear"

I close my eyes Take one breath and another I can feel the Teh the cracks in the walls The air, fragrant with their shs becoes, but I can hear the of my heart joins this chorus

I ah the sheet of water to embrace my destiny The well of eternity is a perfect circle of water so s at once It shows me the realms, the world, the past, present, and perchance the future, though I cannot be certain Does my destiny lie in those waters? Or is it only possibility? I stare into the to take, the words I shall need

I’m distracted by a sound There is movement in the shadows of the cave

There you will face your fear and perhaps co Miss Moore steps into the light, the captive Nell beside her "Hello, Ge for you"

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

I LOOK BACK AT THE SHEET OF WATER THROUGH which I’ve entered Clear as a picture, I can see the worried faces of Felicity, Pippa, and Ann Only Asha betrays no eh the waterfall to safety But safety is another illusion I can only move forward

"You can’t actually touch the ic, can you? That’s why you needed Nell Why you need h soh It wants your words after all," she says "Gelory of the Order We can do good things--glorious things You have ic in you than anyone in the history of the Order There is no limit to what you and I could do" She offers her hand I do not take it

"You don’t care about ic and the real to say to me that I want to hear"

"Will you please just listen to me?" she pleads"Do you knohat it is to have your power taken from you? To forever surrender to someone else? I held power in my hands, I controlled my own destiny, and they took that away from me"

"The real the well between us

"No That is a lie they tell The realifted me The Order denied me They chose yourto do as they asked"