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[ i_001.jpg] R. F. Long Jeren glanced at Shan, sullen and silent. How could it be enough for the two of them? If they were to have a future of any kind, how could tacit acceptance, begrudging resignation be enough? Shivers ran up Jerens arm as the sword battled with her innate magic. For a moment, everything in her screamed that she should kill him. Or drop the sword and run away. But her hand seemed locked around the hilt, or else the hilt itself had closed its grip on her. Instead, her own magic flared inside her and flooded her body. For a moment all she could do was stand there, staring into Torvins terrified face, and then sanity returned. More than sanity. Clarity. Healing. How many? You have to know how many! Ylandra stopped at his side and said something, a sharp tone which made him stiffen and start forward again. Then she felt it, the brush of another mind, another soul. Not human, not Feyna, not anything that should be in River Holt. She stared down, leaning on the rail while the wind played against her skin. And? Ah, Mr Shell, begins Rideal, stammering. We were actually looking for him ourselves. But you know these travellers – they dont stay still for ever …, Salyer will never go for it. Hell have a backup plan, expecting something like that. Max bowed his head. And even if it works, shed kill herself afterward. I dont know what’s going on inside her, but this was her plan all along. Hesnothing like Ylandra! Max took over the operation of his wheelchair, rolling toward our van.I believed you. That was all. Shed been so angry she could barely speak. Shan hadnt returned, so she couldnt even turn to him for support. Why? I whispered. It was the same question Id asked as I stared at the sheet-covered body of my kitten the day my father accidentally ran over him. Silence slammed over the gathering. Jeren looked at him, confused, unable to understand what he had just said. But Ylandra did. Colour drained from her face, bleaching her skin as if she were snow-touched. Her lips moved, trembled and her eyes glistened in the moment before they turned to granite. Youre certain it worked? Gilliad asked, his voice, though low and even, filled with an undercurrent of dark excitement. Well, Gordon was pretty clear that there was a damn sight more to Sixpence than some old hippy in a school bus. Hed travelled. Knew old languages – languages people dont even speak any more. Fascinated with all the old caves up that way too – the mineshafts they dug centuries back. Forever looking for new ways into the ground. The way Gordon told me, it was like he was a sort of faith healer. Hed help people if they asked. If you got migraines he could talk to you until they went away. If you were feeling under pressure he could help put you back together. I mean Gordon was very cautious about telling me this – it was the mid-eighties and your lot were hardly popular..