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JaniyaтАЩs head snapped up. She hadnтАЩt expected this. тАЬBut my sisterhoodтАжтАЭ

тАЬI will arrange for another to lead it in your absence. You walked among the Penelopeians once, Janiya. You can
do it again.тАЭ

тАЬWeтАЩll need a third,тАЭ Janiya said. тАЬSomeone who could pass as Greek.тАЭ

тАЬI will consider it,тАЭ the eldress said.

тАЬYouтАЩre forgetting something.тАЭ I raised my chin. тАЬLauria.тАЭ

The eldress narrowed her eyes. тАЬI did not forget your blood sister.тАЭ She rose and opened a wood chest. From
deep inside, she drew out two black felt vests. Mine, and LauriaтАЩs. тАЬI had Zhanna give these to me some weeks
ago.тАЭ She handed both to me. тАЬYours is yours again, if you want it. LauriaтАЩs can be hers again, if you give it to
her. Her fate is yours to decide.тАЭ

тАЬShe can come back?тАЭ I asked, just to be sure.

тАЬYes. She can come back. As eldress of all the clans, on my authority, I grant a pardon to Lauria. She came
among us as an enemy, but I believe she had turned against her old master and was ready to become one of us in
truth.тАЭ She leaned back and looked at me appraisingly. тАЬYou will be initiated as one of the Alashi before you go.
If you choose, Lauria can be initiated in absentia, just as Burkut was.тАЭ

That night, I held LauriaтАЩs vest and tried to find her in my dream. IтАЩd tried to find her while traveling with Janiya
and hadnтАЩt been able to. Tonight I saw her, but far away. She looked like she was made from smoke. I feared
sheтАЩd blow away before she heard me.

тАЬCome back,тАЭ I said. She didnтАЩt hear me, so I shouted. тАЬCome back! Come back to the Alashi, they will take you
back!тАЭ

Lauria shook her head. I couldnтАЩt hear her words, but I thought I saw her lips move to say, too late.



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тАЬIтАЩll help you free Thais, but come up to the steppe first,тАЭ I shouted. тАЬYou can come back. The eldress has
pardoned you.тАЭ

The wind whipped across the steppe. I saw Lauria stop shouting and close her eyes in concentration. For a single
heartbeat, the wind died, and I found myself in SophosтАЩs courtyard. Lauria stood before me as IтАЩd seen her the
night Sophos raped herтАФshaking with cold, her torn clothes bloody. She looked into my face and her lips parted.
тАЬI love you,тАЭ she said, and vanished from the borderland like the flame of a blown-out candle.




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