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WITH OPEN HEART

"At ease,his hands in the air to calerkhan would not be cal! I tried to help, but I cannot"

"We don&039;t know that she&039;s dying"

"She&039;s sick again, and worse now than before," Olgerkhan continued "The castle grows and its shadow ain but paused and considered what Olgerkhan had said No doubt the so the castle to illustrate his fears for Arrayan, but in that siham heard a hint of truth Arrayan had opened the book, after all Was it possible that in doing so, she had created a haht it be y, is he still in town?" the erkhan "The talespinner?"

"Yes, the saed and said, "I haven&039;t seen him in some time, but I know his house"

"Take me to it, at once"

"But Arrayan"

"To help Arrayan," Winghaerkhan grabbed his hands and pulled hi him to the north and the city They moved at full speed, whichbehind the tugging warrior

In short order, they stood before the dilapidated door of an old, three-story house, its exterior in terrible disrepair, dead vines cli all over it with roots cracking into the foundation stones

Without the slightest pause, Olgerkhan rapped hard on the door, which shook and shifted as if the heavy knocks would dislodge it froy is very old Give hierkhan yelled out

He thumped the house beside the door so hard the whole of the building tree fist back in line with the door and cocked his ar a bald, wrinkled oldto fit in his ray hair sprouted froe mole on the side of his thick nose He treht just fall over, but in his blue eyes, both Olgerkhan and Winghae

"Oh, please do not strike , whistling voice "I doubt you&039;d findme low Wait a few s won&039;t hold h that fast transfored, quite eerkhan&039;s shoulder and gently eased hihaain?"

"Every year, old friend," answered the merchant, "but I have not seen you in a decade or more You so used to love the flavors of y replied, "but it is far too great a walk foryou out these past years"

"But you are here now Coe friend, but please do not let hilanced at the an to fade back into the shadows of the house, but Wingham bade him to stop

"Another time, certainly," the merchant explained "But we have not co near to Palishchuk that needs your knowledge and wisdo, and the sword"

"It is not far to travel," Wingham pressed, "and I assure you that I would not bother you if there was any other way But there is a great construct in process - a relic of Zhengyi&039;s, I suspect"

"Speak not that foul naham said with another bow "And I would not, if there was another way to proy rocked back a bit and considered the words "A construct, you say?"

"I ahest room and looked out your north , you could see it frolanced back into the rooht-hand wall

"I do not much leave the lowest floor I doubt I could clihae friend here s are as old as erkhan to cliile and wobbly, with er attached to the rail The old y close behind and occasionally putting his hand out to steady Wingha onto a balcony that ran the breadth of the wide foyer and back again Across the way, a second staircase climbed to the third story That one seemed more solid, with the balusters all in place, but it hadn&039;t been used in years, obviously, and Wingham had to brush away cobwebs to continue As the stairs spilled out on the south side of the house, Wingham had to follow the balcony all the way back around the other side to the north rooy alking again and had lost ground with his pronounced lih the door, crossing to the far here he pulled aside the drape

Staring out to the north, Wingharowing castle, he didn&039;t expect how dominant the structure would be froha behind it, and the castle was hareat a distance, obviously, but the circular stone keep that grew behind it was clearly visible, rising high above the Vaasan plain More startling was the fact that the keep was far to the back of the structure, centering a back wall anchored by two smaller round towers at its corners Frohaatehouse at what he kneould be the front wall of the upper bailey

Several other structures were growing before the gatehouse as well, an outer bailey and a loall already cliods, what did he do?" old Nyungy asked, cohaham answered

"It seey re well that Nyungy was one of the few still alive who had gliyi&039;s power

"A wizard did this," Nyungy said

"Zhengyi, as I explained"

"No, ham, I mean noizard did this A wizard served as catalyst to bring life to the old power of the Witch-King Now"

"Sohahts concerning Arrayan and his own foolishness in handing her the book He had thought it an instruction oleined the truth of it

"Please coham bade