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"There is no victor," she said "The battle continues below, and only Everam knoill end We must find them, and quickly"

It took hours to descend the roup could see by low--but rock and stone de in perfectly with the

Rojer took up his instru froai at bay Amanvah lifted her voice to accoht Even a wind that threatened to bend the palhter’s skills

Wrapped in the protections of the son of Jessuai, but it was slow going Inevera’s fingers itched to take the electru demons from her path as she raced to her husband’s side, but she did not wish to reveal its power to the Northerners, and it would only attract ai in any event Instead, she was forced to keep the steady pace Rojer set, even as Ahotten valley

She shook the thought away Ahranted His Shar’Dareatest need

He was alive He had to be

Leesha rode in silence, and even Thaht share her bed more oft than not, but she did not love hi the in, and if she’d had to choose, she would not have had it another way But Arlen’s tormented soul had found a kind of peace in recent days, and she’d hoped he could force a submission from Ahmann and end the battle without death

She’d cried out when Ahmann stabbed Arlen with the Spear of Kaji--perhaps the only weapon in the world that could harm him The battle had turned in that er at Ahmann had threatened to become hate

But when Arlen pitched them both over the cliff rather than lose, her stoht The child in her belly was less than eight weeks formed, but she could have sworn it kicked as its father fell into darkness

Arlen’s powers had been growing ever stronger in the year since shehe could not do, and even Leesha wondered if he ht be the Deliverer He could dissolve and protect himself from the impact Ahmann could not

But even Arlen had his limits, and Ahmann had tested them in ways no one had expected Leesha remembered vividly the fall, mere weeks past, that had left Arlen a broken spatter on the cobblestones of the Hollow, his skull cracked like a boiled egg struck against the table

If only Renna had not rushed after the of Arlen’s plans More than she was telling

They doubled back long before reaching thethe pass watched by scouts from both their armies Perhaps as inevitable, but neither side wished for it to begin tonight

The mountain paths wound and split More than once, Inevera had to consult the dice to choose their path, kneeling on the ground to cast while the rest of theed to knohat the woh not to doubt there was real power in the foretellings

It was nearing dahen they found the first of Shanjat’s markers Inevera picked up her pace and the others followed, racing along the trail as the horizon began to take on a purplish tinge

They had not been noticed by the Watchers stationed at the base of the uards Ashia and Shanvah had crept unseen up the slope and silently fell in with thelanced at them but shook his head dismissively when he noticed they omen