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The Alderray stone His face i quite loudly, How can you ask this offruit fro it He turned it over in his hand several times "What else would you know from me before we leave for Comoros?"
"Tellabout my death"
"She is hardly a woman yet The Queen of Dahomey is with child, I believe"
"Yes, I did hear that she was"
"The child she carries is your enemy" The Prince looked amused at the Aldermaston’s shock "When I said your enemy was the Queen of your real’s current lady wishes me dead But she will be poisoned herself by a kishion froain The Dahohter She is your enemy, Aldermaston An unborn babe But does it not make sense? Are not the Myriad Ones called the Unborn? This child will be very powerful There is sohters They do not require a kystrel toWhen they use one, it does not leave a mark on their flesh She will have enor, even those you think impervious Be warned, Aldermaston You will be betrayed in the end by so of the Alderrowing chalkier "Will you tell me who?"
The Prince shook his head "It is not important that you know it Re They are quite devious But rereater than all the cunning of the Myriad Ones"
The Alderony With a violent gesture, he rounded on the Prince Martin stepped forward, wondering if he would need to restrain the old man
"You ask too much of me!" he roared "I have never met you before, Prince Alluwyn Yet you coht That there is nothing I e my death in a most cruel manner and yet I must invite the very serpent ill bite me into my trust and care? That I must shield her in Muirwood for the purpose of hter who must be abandoned here as a babe?" His face was livid "How can you ask this of me?"
The Prince was calm, his voice soft-spoken "I do not ask you to suffer needlessly, Aldermaston It is not I that requires it of you, but it is the Mediuer When I leave, it will be up to you to try and thwart the future If you even can I a to prepare you for what is to coe to face this Queen, your enemy I have written this all inrune on it You will not be able to speak of it to anyone"
The Aldermaston clenched his fists and stepped closer, his size towering over the Prince "You hter who she really is? I must raise her as a wretched when she is truly the heir of the kingdoain I hter of Sevrin Deest in this kingdoest of randfather as renowned for his Gifts The houses of Lleu-Iselin and De with the Mediue that will startle you By the time she is fourteen or fifteen years, she will be ready to pass the li of a to for her Think of hoerful she would become with a kystrel? Think if she became proud or vain or filled with her own self-importance If she is to fulfill her destiny – the destiny which I shared with you – then she must never knoho she is until the Medium teaches it to her That is the only future I see where she can successfully acco before that doo to Dochte Abbey, to the very nest of vipers and proclai her footsteps and her words, will she be able to do what she isor selfish inclination will destroy her" He took a step forward and grabbed the Aldermaston’s arms "I have seen that future, Aldermaston I have seen the death of this land I have also seen its rebirth Just as these tree li the winter, the season will coroill take its place It is not for her alone that I do this, but her entire progeny and for all those ill survive and prosper because they heeded her warning By this final sacrifice, I can save my people and yours You must be her father while I cannot be"