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She waited to ensure everyone else was clear before she exited herself The ru clamor As soon as she stepped across the threshold after Dakrias, it all stilled, went silent

"They’ve never done that before," Dakrias said, behosts ever interfered with a memorial circle before In ti more

Everyone milled in the corridor, voices raised in consternation

"Silence!" Laren bellowed, Karigan’s forgotten letter fluttering in her hand as she gestured for attention She cleared her throat, folded the letter carefully, and inserted it into her pocket for safekeeping "The ht due to" Due to what? Mischievous ghosts? "Well, you saw In any case, ill conclude the "

Her pronouncement was followed by the crash of what sounded like a heavy wooden crate hitting and splitting on the records rooroaned

"In the ritted teeth, "you are dismissed to quarters"

As Weapons and Riders filed down the corridor, Ar cere, so its way through the others

Laren sighed Yes, it was fitting As Mara had said, such an’s memorial

Queen Estora also stopped to speak with her "You must inforlanced into the records rooan would have been overwhelmed by it all and not just by the unusual circuan was often surprised when she became the center of attention, and shied froht, and Laren bowed As the corridor eht Fastion’s ar behind?"

"Not at all, Captain" He sidled to the wall to allow others to pass

When everyone else had left, Laren found Dakrias in the doorway of the records roo inward "Do you think it’s safe?" he asked

"You would know better than anyone," she replied

Dakrias appeared to steel hihtening the specs on his nose With a curt nod he stepped into the records roo ill happened, he took a fewthe dan so," Laren told Dakrias

"I thank you," he replied, "and ot into the, uht, but it was rude conduct on their part during so solemn an occasion" He projected his voice upward as if to ensure the ghosts heard his rehosts? She an’s memorial elsewhere for safety’s sake

"Fastion," she said, "I’d like to see the glass doed" Since it was not the actual chalass had occurred, but she had to ht it up for you and check for dae up top, while you inspect it from below" Without another word, he strode fro frohten the mess on his desk She turned at the sound of footsteps entering the roohost, or one of her Riders, but none other than Zachary, accompanied by a pair of Weapons and three Eletians After her initial surprise, she bowed to her king

Zachary looked about, baffled by the mess "Tell me, Captain, exactly what kind of cere a sarcastic reply "We have decided to conclude our ht when there is, er, less turbulence"

The an’s naht a flash of pain to his eyes, but he revealed no s As for the Eletians, she had met none of them before, two males and one female, but they held the beauty all Eletians possessed that made it so difficult not to stare at theer male, was somehow muted in his looks compared to any other Eletians she had ever ht was less intense There was a more earthly quality about hiht them to the records roouests," Zachary said "This is the leader of the tiendan His name is So about his shoulders

"Soan an was officially a Rider, at a tiend

"Yes," So the road after her s us great sorrow that she" He paused as if searching for the correct words "It is difficult for us to knohat to say as we deal so little with mortality Perhaps I should just say we have sorrow that she is not here with us"