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So it was for her in the pillows that day, as they shed their clothes and Leesha, who had spent the last decade and a half learning to heal bodies, finally learned to ree as they rolled apart, sweaty and panting "You put even jiwah’Sharum pillow dancers to sha her back deliciously, unashamed at her nudity She had never felt so free "You’re lucky to be Shar’Dahed, kissing her "I aht this joyous battle with you a hundred thousand times if need be"

He stood and bowed low "But I fear the sun is setting, and we ht is the first night of Waning, and the alagai will be strong" Leesha nodded, and they reluctantly pulled on their clothes He took up his spear, and she her pocketed apron

No one said anything to them as Gared, Wonda, and RojerSpears of the Deliverer Leesha felt so different, she was sure it n

Even during alagai’sharak, Leesha found it hard to keep focus so near to Jardir He see from her side as she inspected and dealt with the few minor wounds the skilled warriors incurred

"May I read to you again tomorrow?" Jardir asked when the battle was done He would be needed for hours more, but the Holloere allowed to return to the Palace of Mirrors

"You may read to me every day, if you wish," she said, and his eyes danced at her

The coreling prince kept a respectful distance as it watched the heir and histhe heir every cycle for several turns now, and as the princes had feared, he was a unifier It was clear he did not know the extent of the powers of the derowing, and the huanize into more than an inconvenience Already it would be difficult to kill the heir, and even if the coreling prince succeeded, there were many who could potentially take his place

But the Northern female was a new variable, a weakness in the heir’s armor Her mind was unprotected, and she knew much about the heir and the one its brother tracked in the North

When she broke off from the others, the mind demon followed

Back in the palace, Leesha practically flew up the steps to her cha that hasn’t gotten into you, it seehed "Find your bed Drill at you before you know it"

"Kaval ent so bad," Wonda said, but did as she was bade

Leesha walked on tiptoe past the door to herthe wo before interrogating her She thanked the Creator when she ed to slip past and lock herself in the suite where she and Jardir had made love

Alone at last, the wide sht broke out on Leesha’s face