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тАЬHe said we must remain until thereтАЩs no danger to you and the lad. How can you dispute the wisdom of that?тАЭ

She stamped away from the window with her blue eyes blazing. тАЬAnd just when will the danger be over? When Dyfrig is a man full-
grown? When his damned father is dead?тАж All of life is fraught with peril, yet we donтАЩt spend our time hiding safely under the bed!тАЭ

Rusgann made a helpless gesture. тАЬYou seemed content enough to stay here earlier.тАЭ

тАЬWhen I believed we had no other choice. When Dyfrig was a baby who couldnтАЩt understand the need for prudence and secrecy. But heтАЩs
four now, and wise beyond his years. He needs teachers and companions of his own age. If heтАЩs forced to spend his entire childhood here,

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his spirit will be stuntedтАФjust like those tiny winter-blasted birch trees up on the tundra that never grow more than two handspans high. I
canтАЩt let that happen to my son! Surely there are better ways for Ansel to secure our safety. Why canтАЩt we live under the protection of my
brother Liscanor at Northkeep instead of in this cramped farmhouse?тАЭ

тАЬYou could ask the High Shaman that question when next he visits us. But in the end, you have to trust his judgment.тАЭ

тАЬI used to think Ansel was my loyal friend, whose only interest was our welfare.тАЭ Maudrayne spoke in a low voice and her expression
was disillusioned. тАЬLately IтАЩve come to believe he may have other reasons for keeping us confined here that have little to do with our
physical safety.тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt understand.тАЭ

тАЬWhen last he came, just after the ice breakup, Ansel and the sea-hag were whispering together in the kitchen, thinking that little Dyfi
was napping in his cupboard-bed. You and I were mucking out the byre. The boy heard Ansel say, тАШWe must make certain he remains
king. HeтАЩs the only one strong enough to hold them back. Without him, we have no hope of liberating the Source.тАЩ The boy was clever
enough to remember the strange words exactlyтАФand he asked me about them.тАЭ

RusgannтАЩs brow wrinkled in puzzlement. тАЬI suppose Ansel was speaking of High King Conrig.тАЭ

тАЬYes, Both Dyfrig and I threaten himтАФbut especially me, since I know a great secret of his that would cost him his throne. Perhaps Ansel
hopes to eliminate this threat by keeping us out of the way.тАЭ

тАЬBut who is it who must be held back by King Conrig? And what in ZethтАЩs name is the Source?тАЭ

тАЬI know not which particular enemy ConrigтАЩs Sovereignty must hold in check. He has so many! As for this Source, the last time Ansel
spoke of it was after I jumped from the parapet of Eagleroost Castle into Gala Bay. As he rescued me, he spoke mysteriously about what
his Source would think if my unborn child and I had died in the icy water.тАЭ

тАЬMy lady, I still donтАЩt know what youтАЩre talking about.тАЭ

тАЬFrom other things old Dobnelu has said, IтАЩve come to believe that AnselтАЩs Source might have something to do with the person the hag
visits during her long trances. Perhaps they are even the same.тАЭ

Outside, Dyfrig was calling. тАЬMama! Come out! LetтАЩs have our picnic. IтАЩm hungry.тАЭ

Maudrayne Northkeep, who had been wife to Conrig Wincantor and Queen of Cathra, picked up the basket and headed for the door. She