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"You won't wear theue "If you won't free o fetch my collar and headdress for me"

"Go fetch?"

"I didn't mean it like that"

"Not a chance, princess"

"But you have to!"

He stor them up "What is so bloody important about them? They almost made you drown!" He twisted around to lob them into the water

She shrieked, "No!" But it was too late They were gone

Her breath left her, and she rocked on her feet Gold is lifeThe smooth water surface had erased them from the earth, like they'd never existed Her botto to hide it, not emotionally, not mystickally

"Coruff

As he took her arazed over her shoulder "I can't believe you did that" Losing gold to another was one thing, but to throw it away? Incomprehensible "There's no excuse None"

"It's worthless out here"

"Not worthless, you oaf! Those pieces protected my Head and neck!"

"Then you'll have to depend on ed forward in stony silence

After that, hours passed without event She found his green eyes constantly on her He was becoh patches in the ter­rain, holding her ars

And any tio, he threatened the gag She wondered how real that threat was, because he clearly wanted to talk to her

today-but only about one topic He kept asking her how many times she'd died

Finally she said, "Why do you care? Does it soften you to know terrible things were done to irl?"

"I don't know Do you want ed "I don't deserve your syh this could have been a maudlin statement, she said it as if it was a fact of life Because it was

"The strand of white in your hair I've heard of that occurring when someone knows fear so bad, it shocks their system What happened to you, Sabine? Did Omort hurt you?"

"He's never hurt me" Physically

"You are still loyal to him?"