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with murder. I should have you burned at the stake.тАЭ
тАЬBut you wonтАЩt, though,тАЭ she predicted, a confident smirk covering her relief. тАЬYou need me.тАЭ
тАЬDefy me one more time, and IтАЩll find another way, Marqel,тАЭ Dirk warned. тАЬMake no mistake about
that. I told you Belagren wasnтАЩt to die.тАЭ
тАЬShe would have killed me the moment she found out I was claiming to be the Voice of the
Goddess.тАЭ
тАЬBelagren would have verified you were the Voice of the Goddess, you shortsighted idiot! If you
hadnтАЩt interfered, she would have had no choice. Once Belagren realized IтАЩd told you and not her what
she wanted to know, she wouldтАЩve had no option but to support you, or lose AntonovтАЩs faith
completely. YouтАЩve thrown everything into doubt. Antonov doesnтАЩt believe you.тАЭ
тАЬYes, he does!тАЭ She was sure of that one thing, if nothing else. Antonov had held her, comforted
her.
тАЬHe sent me here to prove youтАЩre lying.тАЭ
тАЬThen we have nothing to worry about, do we?тАЭ She shrugged. тАЬYouтАЩll just go back and tell him IтАЩm
not lying, IтАЩll be High Priestess and everything will be fine.тАЭ
тАЬEverything will not be fine, Marqel,тАЭ Dirk corrected. He sounded angry, which worried her a little.
DirkтАЩs normal state was coldly dispassionate. тАЬThe Lord of the Suns must appoint the High Priestess.
When he gets here, who do you think heтАЩs going to choose? An experienced Shadowdancer with some
proof of leadership ability or some nameless acolyte who claims sheтАЩs had a vision?тАЭ
тАЬYou said you could make me High Priestess,тАЭ she accused. тАЬAnd you said the Lord of the Suns
wouldnтАЩt be a problem.тАЭ
тАЬIf youтАЩd done exactly what I told you to do, he wouldnтАЩt have been. He would have had no choice
but to make you High Priestess, because Belagren would have agreed to it. Now itтАЩs going to be a real
problem.тАЭ
For the first time Marqel began to feel a little uncertain. тАЬWhat are we going to do?тАЭ
тАЬYou and I are going to spend the next few days going over your story, so I can convince Antonov
IтАЩve interrogated you sufficiently. If we donтАЩt, heтАЩs likely to hand you over to the Prefect of Avacas, and
trust me, you donтАЩt want that to happen. In the meantime, IтАЩve arranged for Madalan Tirov to take over
until Paige Halyn can get here from Bollow.тАЭ
тАЬMadalan? But she hates me!тАЭ
тАЬA sentiment IтАЩm extremely sympathetic to right at this moment.тАЭ
Marqel scowled at him. SheтАЩd thought DirkтАЩs reluctance to kill Belagren was because he was
squeamish, not because he had other plans. тАЬYou didnтАЩt tell me IтАЩd have to deal with Madalan,тАЭ she
sulked.
тАЬAnd whose fault is that, Marqel?тАЭ he replied unsympathetically. тАЬExactly what did you tell Antonov
about Belagren, anyway? I assume you told him something to explain her sudden demise.тАЭ
тАЬI said what you told me to say. I told Antonov I wanted to see the High Priestess, because she
would make everything right again. I was very convincing.тАЭ
тАЬWhat else?тАЭ
тАЬI told him the Goddess would give him a sign to prove I wasnтАЩt lying.тАЭ
тАЬAnd your sign was BelagrenтАЩs corpse?тАЭ He swore under his breath as he shook his head. тАЬYou
donтАЩt think about anything but yourself, do you? You could have ruined everything.тАЭ
тАЬBut I didnтАЩt,тАЭ she pointed out in her own defense. тАЬEverything is fine.тАЭ
тАЬWe donтАЩt know that yet.тАЭ
тАЬWell, youтАЩre the brains behind this plan, Dirk Provin. Find a way to fix it.тАЭ
тАЬI wouldnтАЩt have anything to fix if youтАЩd done what you were supposed to do.тАЭ
He was taking this far too seriously. She smiled. тАЬHonestly! The way youтАЩre carrying on, youтАЩd think
IтАЩd done something really dreadful.тАЭ
Dirk stared at her for a moment before he answered. тАЬDo you have any concept of the difference
between right and wrong, Marqel?тАЭ