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"Mayforte?" Amberhill asked "Do we know a Mayforte?"

"A vintner, apparently, Your E at the casks in the wagon

Amberhill suddenly turned his attention to the palace entrance as he sighted so "Webster, my friend," he called out "You missed a fine sail on the lake Now come take a look at this horse It is owned by a vintner naan thought If the Adherent was here, did thatwith Cade and Luke was over? If so, where were they? A furtive glance revealed only oneon the palace steps

There was the tap of shoes on stone as Webster Silk approached "I a, Your Euard in red arirded at his side, but no gun She felt his gaze on her and saw hih the eye slits of his visor

"What is the horse’s name, boy?" Amberhill asked

"Raven," she replied in her harsh whisper

"Good na me If he does? Well, doesn’t matter The horse is mine"

This was too reedy and spoiled Karigan did not kno er she could contain herself

"No," Webster Silk said His closeness behind her made her jump "Mayforte will not an cried

"And," Webster Silk continued in his calm, matter-of-fact voice, "this lad is not who she pretends to be" He removed her cap Her braid fell down and thumped her between the shoulders She felt naked before all those eyes staring at her And shocked Shocked by what Silk had said about Luke A storm breithin her for she knew Cade could have only met the same fate Amberhill had caused the destruction of her home and betrayed the people she loved, and now this

She stared brazenly at him now that she was revealed, the pressure of the stor to an explosive level Amberhill looked almost exactly as she reray eyes, the well-structured face The same, but different in some indefinable way

"You killed them," she said, her voice a low threat "You killed them all" Raven echoed her with a shrill whinny