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тАЬThey were hunted. Mercilessly, by terrible enemies.тАЭ He turned back to her. In a hoarse voice, he
continued. тАЬThey died again and again. But that will not be your fate. I wonтАЩt let it.тАЭ

Molly said, тАЬI hope you can stop it, Seo. You canтАЩt see the pictures I see, or hear the voices of the others.
The necklace holds them close to me, and when I close my eyes and let them show me, I can see where
the other Vodian went before me. They still have their horror. TheyтАЩre hollowтАФtheyтАЩre ancient shells,
and all thatтАЩs left of them is the death and the pain and the fear. I close them out as much as I can. I donтАЩt
want to go where they have been.тАЭ As he turned to face her again, she added, тАЬNot again, anyway.тАЭ

тАЬNo. You are my love. You are my heart and sтАФтАЭ His voice broke off, and an expression flashed across
his face that worried Molly. тАЬYou are my heart and soul. IтАЩll keep you safe.тАЭ He put an arm around her
and led her out of their suite. тАЬWhile you dressed, I told Birra to have a meal brought to the solar. I know
itтАЩs your favorite room, and I thought your first night back, it would be pleasant to have a private dinner
among the flowers and beside the little waterfall. It should be ready now.тАЭ Molly smiled up at him.
тАЬThat sounds wonderful.тАЭ The pressure of his hand on the small of her back and his wondrous warmth
and presence steadied her. She needed steadying; glad as she was to find herself alive, overjoyed as she


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was to be in Oria, in Copper House, in SeolarтАЩs embrace, she could not shake either the darkness inside
her nor an ugly hollowness that seemed to echo in even the smallest moment of silence. Death had
changed her, and not in good ways. тАЬThat sounds wonderful,тАЭ she repeated. And she wished it did. But
far back in her mind, darkness moved and shifted and whispered. Far back in her mind, the enemies of
her dead predecessors had opened their eyes and were yawning and stretching and sniffing the air,
sensing fresh meat, and while Molly hungered for the ordinariness of dinner and the charm of an indoor
waterfall and the sweet scents of out-of-season flowers in a room where she could look out at the
moonlight on snow, she could not hide herself from the hunters that stalked the periphery of her mind.

She could not hide herself from the life sheтАЩd been born to live, from the duty that only she could fulfill,
from the hand of Fate that held her in its harsh grip.

She wondered how she would manage to eat and converse with that ball of dread knotting her belly.

Seolar guided her through the private passageways that kept them out of sight of guests and servants
alike; they slipped through the secret panel in the solar into a fairy realm, with thousands of slender
tapers lining the walls and stuck in candelabras worked in between the flowers and the plantsтАФin the
still fish pond opposite the little stone bridge that spanned the stream, floating candles by the hundreds,
flickering and golden.

On the patio where the two of them had shared their first meal together, a little table, empty plates, and
empty glasses already waited. тАЬThe food will be along as soon as we call,тАЭ Seolar said. тАЬI didnтАЩt want it
to chill.тАЭ

тАЬThis is so beautiful,тАЭ Molly said. тАЬHow did you manage it so quickly?тАЭ

Seolar laughed. тАЬI put a hundred servants and soldiers to the task. Had they not been able to do the job, I
would have commanded two hundred.тАЭ