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She waved the dagger at hiives the illusion?"

He licked his lips "I wear a Druidecht talisasped His face contorted and tears squeezed from his eyes "The pain! Lass, it’ll killout her hand

One of his arms was useless, but with the other, he reached up to his collar and she saw the cord she hadn’t noticed before He fished it fron from the one her brother wore

"Take it off slowly" Her voice was full of er, ready to throw it

His face contorted again and he began gasping

"I swear, I will kill you right now and take it from you," she proely "Oh by the gods, it hurts! The cra I swear it, lass, you will die I will kill you I will--"

"A postpone is a postponement forever," she interrupted "Give it over!"

He was reluctant She could tell But he could not see any other way and slid the talisman over his head His entire body see into a raisin in e of the bed was a wiry Preachán The only part of hied was the expression of absolute hate She blinked in surprise at the co fa the deep truth finally He was from Havenrook He was one of Kiranrao’s closest men He whipped the talisman around by the cord and it struck her on the side of the face Thea rip of pain as her skin tore The bloas so sudden and hard that she dropped her dagger Suddenly he lunged at her, grabbing her shirtfront and pulling hi into her

Hettieher ar hard enough to shear through her skin Their bodies tangled and they fought, each as desperate as a savage alley cat Though her ar she would not cry out with pain She kneed hi her thued to twist herself free fro the hair at the base of his scalp, she smashed his face into the floor Blood exploded fro hiht it up to plunge into his back

Only she did not

The Preachán lay gasping on the floor, his body convulsing His face was smeared with his own blood and hers Her ar her teeth, she stared down at hied "Do it! The Bhikhu should have killed me He should have killed me in Havenrook I killed them all The whole temple Please…youand understanding This was the Preachán that Paedrin had fought defending Erasmus’s house in Havenrook A man whose arm was broken and blade claimed and then the spirit trapped inside was freed The man who had come to Kenatos and poisoned the Bhikhu ith monkshood

The man’s eyes were full of desperation "You are Roony "Kill me, or the Arch-Rike will"