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Chapter One

Once upon a time, in a land closer than you would think…

The light made her eyes burn, so she was happy for the enormous

shadow that suddenly blocked the sun As her vision adjusted, she

realized that the shadow had theeyes she’d ever seen

Meg Starke shrank back in fear Well, she shrank back as far as the

chains binding her would allow

A deep voice said soe she didn’t

understand, and suddenly, the curtain to the tent dropped She could

see again The shadoas aman

“She does not speak Gaelic, Your Highness,” the small man who

served as her jailer said softly

The dark lish “I

have no title here, Rhys Speak to me as you would any other