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A cauldron bubbled over a charcoal fire, sending up clouds of arout and lowered it into the stea in the air and she said a prayer, partly for the benefit of her brother and partly for the cobbler

Fury was lying on a linen shaith a deep gash across his cheek He had arrived on his broken-down ht in which he had driven off numerous assailants Adrina didn't believe a word of it Her brother didn't get involved in fights Fury hid in the woods, strus about trees and buttercups

She studied hi for his wound to be treated He hadn't changed h he was older and taller, Adrina had never thought of hi brother He remained the little boy who played with her when they lived with their ot the wound?'

'It hen I went to the shrine of the Holy Lady,' Fury replied 'The Duideth sent o because it's outside their territory They were scared they'd be killed by mother's men'

That part of the story was believable … the rest was pure twaddle

'I got there and it was the saer and so were the trees Then I saw this carriage, which ran along without horses, and I knew I'd travelled between realms '

Adrina listened as he prattled on

'There were other things I'd never seen before I went to the holy spring That was in the same place but the water was dirty Then I went to the hollohere the lovers perform the sacred rites …'

His voice petered out

'What happened then?' Adrina asked

'I found this lovely girl'

Adrina was pleased her brother had discovered girls That was a step in the right direction, even if he was only fantasising about therass,' Fury said 'She was the irl I'd ever seen'

It occurred to Adrina that, as an acolyte of the priesthood of the Duideth, Fury hadn't seen e clothes And there was this giant …'

Adrina let hi and was thinking of other things when he produced an ae metal and fastened to a chain