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Again, Tremaine found herself with nothing to do except waitтАж

NINETEEN

This time the abrupt vertigo knocked Tremaine down. She shovedтАж

TWENTY

Giliead and Ilias would have reached Cineth sometime that night,тАж


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Chapter 1
This isnтАЩt a good idea,тАЭ Tremaine said under her breath. She was aware she had said it before but she
hadnтАЩt been counting.

тАЬDo you really think so?тАЭ Radiating annoyance, Gerard was cleaning his spectacles with his
handkerchief in a way that could only be described as aggressive. тАЬIтАЩm afraid that wasnтАЩt made clear to
me the first seven times you said it.тАЭ

Gerard, evidently, had been counting. тАЬAll right, fine.тАЭ Tremaine folded her arms, looking around the
meeting room foyer. She resented being here. This building, part of the Capidaran Senate, was prized for
its age and historical significance rather than its comfort or utility. Cold and not well lit, the foyer was
lined with dark wood and the high coffered ceiling had yellow patches from old water damage. Colonel
Averi and several dignitaries, including the Rienish and Parscian ambassadors to Capidara and members
of their staffs, were waiting too, standing about in small groups, pretending to chat amiably. Gerard was
the only Rienish sorcerer present; safety decreed that the Queen Ravenna remain crewed and ready to
leave Capistown harbor at any time. At the moment Niles was on board with one of the spheres he had
constructed, so the ship could defend itself from Gardier spells and be taken through the etheric world-
gate at will.

They were all here in the Capidaran Senate to discuss the plan to liberate Lodun, the Rienish city where
dozens of sorcerers, plus hundreds of other townspeople and students, had been trapped behind the