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"At last, I have"
"Yet you won't release her?"
"She'd run at the first opportunity Possibly taking my child with her Both are far too valuable for nant? It would only anger hiain And now he seemed relaxed for the first tiht before he'd discovered who she was, he'd been on edge
She decided she'd keep that knowledge secret for now The Sorceri weren't known as being guarded for nothing
When he leaned over and kissed the bridge of her nose, she asked, "What was that for?"
"Your freckles are gone I told you everything would be healed by sunset" His gaze briefly dipped to her brsts
She was indeed healed, and the sun was setting, clos­ing another day She gazed out at the horizon at the last gliht This meant she had one fewer day until the h she had alun to prey on her
Contrary to what she'd told the de to save her anytime soon Rydstro the strength of the alliance And then there was Lothaire's betrayal
Factions would be bailing left and right, leaving fewer behind to come after her If the fire demons and vampires weren't available to trace or had never been to this place, then only Lanthe could get to her out in Grave Realm
But, as Sabine had discovered over the last two days-it was a big real a portal nearby were slim
And if Rydstroh to consider telling hi theto have to take a U-turn and run hack to Omort, your most hated enemy, because I've been poisoned By whoet back to iveIs there any proof of ns? Uin vo blood And no outwardly identifiableThen you'll see a red X somewhere on my body But by that time, it will be too late"
The demon wouldn't likely believe her, and she couldn't think of a vow he'd accept as true Perhaps breaking hers so routinely when she'd first captured him hadn't been advisable
But hoas I supposed to have known to act likeshe could do would be to create a clay covenant between the in Grave Realm
Exactly how bad was his mistrust? She'd make a foray to see"Rydstro that sounded crazy, and asked you to believe me, could you possibly-"
"No"
"You don't even want to think about-"
"No"
"What would it take for you to trust me? A vow?
Some kind of promise?"
"It will come, Sabine I believe that But only with time"
Time that I don't have