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Shan. Her Shan. Shit. Karen dropped the notepad and sat back. I didnt see that one coming. Letting go was impossible. But she managed it. We can assume whoever lived there was fairly well-off. Gabriel wrote a few more notes. What about the hallway? Behind her, one of the nice ladies from the second row are waving, thanking him again, wide-mouth vowels and bitten consonants, indicating that their sides are still sore. She stared at the faces before her, but only one face glowed. The face of a young woman who supported Indarin, her cheeks silvered with tears for her fallen leader, the woman she had worshipped. There was only one face Jeren could choose, the one filled with love and grief. Magic. Serpent born magic. He couldnt fight that. Her messenger clearly wasnt quiet about the request. Holters approached rapidly, some she knew, more she didnt. They sensed it, perhaps. Or it was inevitable. It had only been a matter of time, in all of their minds, before she gave over this foolishness and returned to lead them. Shed heard them say so, on evenings by the fire, when they didn’t know she’d passed them, gathered around to cook or wash, murmured to their children in lieu of a prayer.Only a matter of time... I dont think I can do that. Remember when you asked me if I wanted to kiss you? Jeren swallowed hard.Maybe. Her voice sounded much more certain than she felt. “Maybe, but I earned them. Im keeping them. Dont untie them. This is not me. This will never be me. She tried to fill her mind with other things, with anything, tried to push reality away, anything, anything to make it stop. No one, Mr. Johnson replied, his arms wound tightly around his wife. Everyone loved Cindi. Just the front room and bits and pieces of the hallway. Youre going to burn. Just... thinking. Their eyes met and something flared, hot like shame inside her and she dropped her gaze from him. It was as if he could sense she was hiding something. Or as if he was. And this sort of doubt could only fester. It would get worse and infect everything in their lives. Shans voice gentled. Do you remember when last we met here? Christian led me through the living room, down the hall, and past the formal dining room.Id thought wed eat in the kitchen—a small, more intimate setting. He pulled out a chair for me at the small dinette set. Careful, little one, or well have to start all over again. Ylandra? Wheres Shan? she gasped and had to retreat as the Sect Mother came at her again..