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"Please! I feel it Can you? Can you feel the warning?"

"A little further!"

"We arned! We do not kno far…"

He looked back, his face a scowl of anger "Enough! I have heard you You are nearly blinding hts, your fear Master the from you These fears come from the sheriff He is close He is very close So you with them, even noill not let hi There is a safe path, just ahead Trust uer struck hersilver eyes Was it just a dream? A dream, not a vision? Or was it? Should she tell hiain? She squeezed her eyes shut, burying her face in the back of his shirt, clutching him so hard she hoped he would scream If only she were back at Muirwood, safe in Pasqua’s kitchen She needed someone to hold her, to soothe her, to tell her it would be all right When she had terrible night, and that it would be all right again Even Sowe’s presence was a comfort No ht

In her ht, Dear Pasqua, I never told you how much I needed you How safe you , her exasperated airs But more than anyone else, Lia needed her Someone ould comfort her and kiss her forehead and speak in whispers

Soet that from Colvin

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR:

Hunted

It was a high-pitched yowling sound, like the rusty hinges of a gate closing It caullies and ravines, and it went right up Lia’s spine

"What was that?" she whispered, clutching her knees

"I have no idea," Colvin answered, nestling back against the saddle in exhaustion He hung his head with fatigue, rubbing his eyes on the back of his arht it was a wolf, I would have said that it sounded like a wolf" His voice was straining with impatience

"What if it coht and decides to eat us?" She hated herself for asking the question It sounded like so "It may be a bird Adevoured by bats"