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He winced at the ently, and took my pain away"

"A sorceress would no' do this out of kindness to you What did she deave it up gladly, Bowen, just to have another chance with you" Mariah s to have to protect ain"

The sacrifice she'djoy at her return, or gratitude for what she'd given up, all he could think was how et back to help his witch with her bath

Why hasn't Bowen returned?

Mari hoped he wasn't having words with Carrow, though she could definitely see that happening - the most pro-witch female Mari knew versus the s in the adjoining bedroom, she hurriedly dressed, deter roo stunned

"What?" Mari asked Carrow and Regin, but they remained motionless by a wall "I know I look like hell, but damn, I was in a plane crash this week " No, they were staring over her shoulder

Mari got chills on the back of her neck, and she slowly turned So there was Mariah

Chapter 22

There'd been no shared soul between theraceful, by Bowen's side, resplendent in a long, white gown And they looked perfect together Her violet eyes glinted with elanced from Mari to Bowen Bowen's own eyes burned with so "She's returned?"

"Aye Resurrected by a sorceress You knehat I believed about you and her So tell ht accusing her of an enchantain, but there was a suspicious note in his tone Faced with this scene, even she began to doubt herself "Hoould I know?" She pinched her forehead between her thu, her head had started to pound

"Because you're a witch - "

"A witch, Bowen?" Mariah sidled even closer to Bowen as if for protection "But you despise them!"

As he absently patted her hand, he said to Mari, "This is your area of expertise"

"Resurrection is not my area of expertise I only know that there are a very lis on earth that can do it Most of those won't," Mari answered "Look, I don't knohat's going on - I'm fresh from a plane wreck and a shade bewildered here But I do knoe can figure it out" She ether"

Just when she thought Bowen's body tensed to move - to cross the ten feet to Mari's side, the princess said, "Boho is this woman? Did you did you find another? You told me I was the only one," she added softly "You vowed toas you lived"