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Kendall sht themselves?"

She twisted the music like a knife in a wound, and the field demons turned their teeth and talons upon the thee Soon after she had the at themselves in a frenzy until the sheer nu bright with ic, pooled like syrup around them

After a fewIt was a thickly armored creature, the leader of the reap Kendall eased her inning to close In minutes it would be fully healed, and those ave it no ti the deht into an exposed rock face on the hilltop It stuht as well have had it on a string, using the deain and again, until there was only a wet slapping sound and the creature collapsed, its skull save a shrill whistle to accoed his spear on his shield But then he pointed "Fla from the south Wood fros, still a few moments away "Fiddle down, Kendall Alided over to join Sikvah, her voice lifting and falling naturally into Sikvah’s song of unsight, weaving in a song of su proudly as she caainst him He felt his heart quicken and his face flush It took little, these days, for his apprentice to excite him She was a whole new person to him now

"You’ll soon be as good asit

Kendall kissed his cheek "Better"

"From your lips to the Creator’s ears," Rojer said "I’d have it no other way"

The fla up the hill, but before they could reach the top, his wives seduced them Rojer tried other words to describe it, but none was so apt The corelings circled A off a soft, rhyth

The copse of wood de out to surround the hilltop Coliv dropped into a crouch, and Rojer and Kendall gripped their instruments, ready to raise theers dropped a pitch The flauard around the hilltop They kept hissing as the woodies approached, and when they were in range, spat fire at the battle was fierce, but ultimately one-sided Wood demons ary of flaht Flame demons could hurt them, even kill occasionally, but seldom before a wood dean a counterpoint to Aht to cover their new allies Woodies sildly, but the nireat gobs of firespit The spit stuck where it landed, burning with an intense flaht hand, crippled where a flaers

Soon the last of the wood deht pyres that burned out into a charred and blackened reht as well have stepped into a sunbea

"Ay," Rojer said loudly, "but like I told you, ht each other is easy" Of course, what his wives had done was far beyond that, but like Kendall, they were here to test their boundaries

Amanvah smiled at him, and Rojer knew his confidence ell placed She touched her choker as she cli thattheir victory beco a lash that drove the pond barely a ht, Rojer heard the splashes as the fla clouds of steaic above their heads, and Rojer looked up to see a wind deround a few feet away, Coliv’s spear embedded in its chest The spear survived the fall The coreling did not

The Watcher bowed deeply "You are all touched by Everauard Everaht"

Rojer expected Aave a fraction of a bow More than he had ever seen her give a mere warrior "You speak wisdoain "I live to serve, Holy Daughter"

Leesha kept her door shut as she tackled theher desk Outside, Wonda kept visitors away, even Jizell and Darsy She was in no mood to see anyone