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"Tellforward "You can always tell me"

He looked haunted His eyes were full of e" He breathed heavily, his jaw tre "It is not what I wish But I cannot er The Mediuency…that I il" He licked his lips "That I ht at Billerbeck Abbey"

CHAPTER NINETEEN:

Martin Evnissyen

For ainside her heart nearlywhat Colvin said to be true It was her heart’s deepest desire to be his, and only his, and to hear it spoken froe of pain and excitement she had never experienced before The problem was that he did not realize that Ellowyn Demont was in front of him

She tried to say it out loud, but her jaw clenched shut, swollen by the Mediu on the words and looked down, struggling with her feelings

"I auish "I wish I could express to you s That I could …"

Lia put her hand on his and squeezed hard, silencing him She felt tears in her eyes, tears born of frustration and hope Blinking the tears away, she stared into his eyes, using every scrap of strength to push the thought at him

I am Ellowyn It is I, before you now I am Ellowyn Demont!

He stared at her in confusion "Say so," he pled with her "I have disappointed you so often I cannot bear your silence I deserve your rebuke I deserve your scorn" His eyes burned with emotion "I love you still But rieves me to cause you soto master herself, to find safe words that she could speak Instantly, she thought of the orb What if she used it to prove to hiht entered her , she understood what it meant That any attempt to thwart the Medium’s ould rob her of its use The orb was the Medium’s tool to help her discover her own identity But it would not help another to that knowledge

Lia was desperate If there was a way to find her father’s to, she would be able to tell hi Billerbeck Abbey, then she would be free to admit the truth Hillel would suffer, but Lia knew that Colvin did not love her

"Tell ," Colvin said, his expression one of tortured confusion Yet she was not free to speak her true feelings Her words had to be guarded and perling with s My heart bidsto speak words that she could not, "…that you should It is the Mediue me? You are not hurt by this? It threatens to rip me in half I do not love her Yet still the insistence"

Lia closed her hand on top of his again and patted it "It is not for us to understand why the Medius now But I have learned to trust it, as you taught me to in the Bearden Muir When you were abandoned at the Abbey, we did not perceive this moment Yet ere supposed to meet I believe that I will trust that all will happen for the best"

His eyes looked doubtful "You are stronger than I am, then I will do what it commands me to do It round, er than I"

No, just wiser, she thought She reached out and touched his cheek He looked up at her "Trust the Medium, Colvin Trust it I know you are tired I atch over you while you sleep"

He looked at the"It is nearly da You should go while there is darkness to conceal you YouEllowyn The sooner we leave this awful place, the better She sleeps late and then studies the toain I ait for you toht and you can tell me what you have learned"

Lia nodded and squeezed his hand He squeezed hers in return and the swollen expression on his face iven hiht of it clearly tortured him

His voice was husky "You reat care Do not let them find you"