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promptly if I should discover anything that you should know.тАЭ

тАЬThank you for examining the unborn babe, my dearest queen.тАЭ Conrig made a formal inclination of his head. тАЬI regret that your pain will
be endured to no good outcome.тАЭ

She touched his cheek. тАЬWe are with one another so seldom now that I welcome the opportunity to be hereтАФeven if it can only be in a
brief Sending. Consider a voyage to Moss this summer. You can easily contrive an excuse.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs a wonderful idea. YouтАЩll be hearing from me.тАЭ He bent over her hand again, and a moment later she disappeared.

Aghast, Stergos whispered, тАЬSurely you would not go to her!тАЭ

ConrigтАЩs smile was grim. тАЬNo more than I would dive headlong into the steaming crater of Mornash volcano. But let her have hope.тАЭ

The Royal Alchymist spoke anxiously. тАЬYou know what Kilian must be after.тАЭ

тАЬI know. But the Darasilo Trove canтАЩt be easy to get at, else our uncle would have had his minions seize it years agoтАж or you and Snudge
would have located the bloody thing yourselves.тАЭ

тАЬButтАФтАЭ

тАЬBrother, weтАЩll consider the matter tomorrow, when Snudge returns. He knows more about that cache of sigils than anyone else we can
trust. For now, I think you and I should carry Risalla to her bed. Then you must bespeak Snudge ordering his return and warn Abbas
Noachil to put Kilian and his three cronies into close confinement. Meanwhile, IтАЩll seek out Earl Marshal Parlian in the gardens and ask
his opinion of this fine mess. One thing is certain: I was much mistaken in telling my Royal Intelligencer that this would be a peaceful
summer.тАЭ



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Stergos had given all of the Brothers in the palace permission to set aside their usual duties and enjoy the Solstice entertainments. So he
was surprised to find three red-robed figures standing outside the great door that led to the Alchymical Library, engaged in earnest
conversation. He vaguely recognized them as visiting scholars, associates of Prior Waringlow, who had come down from Zeth Abbey
several months earlier to do research on some historical project or other.

тАЬWhy are you tarrying inside the palace on such a beautiful night?тАЭ he asked them, unfastening a large iron key from the ring he wore on
his belt. To reach his own rooms, he had to pass through the library.

The Brothers bowed in respectful unison. One of them said, тАЬWe had hoped to do some studying, Lord Stergos, but found the library
locked. Perhaps youтАЩll admit usтАФтАЭ

тАЬNonsense! Go listen to the music and have a cup of wine. Your work can wait.тАЭ

тАЬCertainly, my lord.тАЭ