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The path they were forced to take took theh hewn stone tunnel past the Khaliriuoddess resided The very stone down here stank of vir Dorian rounded a corner a ate and found hi Usually, he would have Seen the young man, but the proximity of the Khaliriuh tunnel

"Khali’s not here!" the aetheling said

Someone else cursed "Moburu really took her to Cenaria? Da"

"SoKhali What do we do now?" the first asked

Khali was still in Cenaria? No wonder it didn’t feel quite as oppressive down here as Dorian reotta join Draef If we help hiht let us live Paerik or Tavi will kill us no matter what"

Dorian and Jenine scooted back into the tunnel as quickly and as quietly as they could, but it was almost fifty paces before it intersected with another hallway No way they could run that far without the aethelings hearing or seeing theh wall, Dorian pushed Jenine into it and then pressed hiht on the stone and tore

One of the aethelings stepped into the tunnel and raised his staff A fla the hall and his face He was perhaps fourteen, as was the youth beside hi little of their father’s robust good looks, and only a small portion of his power

I can take theer than they were But he didn’t want it to come to that Come on, turn Turn

If they turned, Dorian could take a shortcut and beat thee of surprise and with Khali hundreds of e Everything was so close he could taste it Had not the God favored hi off the snows?

Lord, please

"I swear I heard so," one of the boys said

"We don’t have time for this, Vic," the other said

But Vic strode forward, his staff held high He came within ten paces and paused Dorian readied hih the juhts Take the chutes

For a moment, Dorian believed it was the voice of the God He could remember the exact positions the levers required Dorian could easily overco him From there, he and Jenine could climb out--there had to be a stair out for the ht about it for hie chute down the-God-only-kne many feet in the close darkness with the stench all around was horrible enough for hi hu away from fourteen-year-old boys Maybe she wouldn’t come with him at all Maybe she would come, but despise him afterward What kind of h shit?