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"That it can’t be coerced I grant it may make it more difficult, but I don’t believe you for oneyou, Miss G’ladheon, because it’s easier Unless you hurow e after all, to manipulate her She could not say she was surprised His honorable as not worth much, and better she learn it now rather than later

"Remember, if you pleasedays easier on Mr Harlowe"

His lack of honor did not defeat her After all, she’d co to find Lhean, and here Dr Silk had delivered her right to hi to be harder, much harder, especially since the list now included Cade, Lorine, and Arhys Not to mention herself In the uarantee nothing, but I will try"

"That is all I ask"

She pressed right up against the bars of the cage, her ainst the steel "Lhean?" she said

"Is that the creature’s nanored hian Er, the Galadheon"

Slowly his eyes opened, and they were the startling blue she remembered

"A mien, Galadheon" Then he rattled off a whole stream of words in Eletian

"What did he say?" Dr Silk asked

"I--I don’t speak Eletian," Karigan replied, but she had gotten the impression that Lhean had insulted the company she kept "Lhean, could you speak in the common, please? Dr Silk knoe caaze at Dr Silk with a baleful glare and then spat e was always lyrical, lassware on the shelves chime, but even Dr Silk could not possibly mistake the strains of venom in Lhean’s speech The effort appeared to tax hi up

"Lhean?"

"This place," he said, finally speaking in the coan turned to Dr Silk "Have you not been caring for hi him any food and water?"

"We have, but he refuses food" Dr Silk shrugged "He has taken soan said, "what can we do to help you?"

"Take me home"

It was so plaintively said, and expressed all that Karigan felt as well "I do not know the way"

Dr Silk chuckled "We would not let you go even if you did"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>