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Jenine stood, and Dorian couldn’t help but glory in her beauty The farab her and ht never have a chance to again But it was als he needed to do

"My people are aggrieved at your father’s predations, and that savage Lantano Garuwashi is with them They say he bathes in blood What e do if they attack? I will be our emissary," Jenine said "They will believe erous"

"They will not attack a wo of parley Besides, better a hazard to me than to forty thousand lives"

"It’s not that," Dorian said, thinking furiously "Your presence ht precipitate war,of parley, if she sees you alive? Your life would be the death of all her power People will do horrible things to keep what they love, Jenine" The fact was, if he sent Jenine to Logan, the threat of Cenarian attack would end in one second--and so would his e

Unless what if Jenine chose hian What Dorian had built with her was real? It’s built on a lie Oh, Solon, ould you say if you could see ht,I could do"

Dorian kissed her "Don’t worry It’s going to be fine" He stepped through the tent flap and saw a young e for hi "What is it?" Wanhope demanded

"Your Holiness The warchief wishes ukhas was a ruse Our spies rong The Cenarians outnumber us by more than ten thousand now, and Your Holiness, they’re attacking"

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Fighting in these dalad she hadn’t worn her scandalous wetboy grays Well, she’d worn therays would be like going into battle with her hair unbound

A blond ht his horse into the line next to her A e, she could tell "Feir Cousat," he said "You Vi?"

She nodded They were positioned ten ranks back, behind pikee in front of the dam From their elevated position, they could see the whole valley

A flag went up a Garuwashi’s men down in thetoward the river Lantano Garuwashi himself rode beside the front lines, and when he drew his sword, it glowed in the low light A cheer went up

Vi squinted at the sword There was solow did you make that?"

"What?! You can see that from here?"