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When Sabine heard the paneled bedroo open, she quickly cloaked herself in invisibil­ity, then cast an illusion of herself sleeping soundly

Rydstro form with an unmistakably proud expression She probed his mind, just a touch

-My woed once ods, Lanthe Rydstro at an illusion of me-and he appears to bein love"

"You saw that look?" Lanthe sounded wistful "Did he have his brows draith feeling?"

"Yes And as he walked out of the room, he kind of rubbed his chest a little" "Like his heart hurt!"

"I've only ever seen that on TV beforel" Sabine said "Lanthe, I have to tell hi"

"So he can do what exactly?" Lanthe de to a place he will never let you go, I'll be Vrekener bait"

If Sabine explained the poison to Rydstrom, he wouldn't likely allow Sabine just to waltz back to Omort And if she told hih this portal, he'd insist that he could find help for her here But there was no one on this plane who could prevent thethis, Sabine bit her lip, torn about what to do "Sneaking out of his house see"

"You are without a doubt one hundred percent in love, because it'syou stupid! It's not reasonable even to consider this You can come back in mere days" "I could write his"

Sabine was on her feet in a second "I'!" She hauled on her boots, then snatched up her clothes Leaving the illusion on the bed, she kept herself cloaked in invisibility and slipped fro the house and eluded him to find her way out of a back door As she hurried

off the property into the night, she hastily dragged on

her top and skirt

The de-she could only hope to make it to Lanthe's portal before then

"Lanthe?"

"Sabine, just follow my voice I'm in a park somewhere"

The streets all looked the sahtly at first, then intensifying Soon, lightning fractured the skies Thunder quaked As though poured from a bucket, rain pounded down

"Lanthe?"

"I'ht of a park in the distance "Talk to me"

"You're close"