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"Lower your hood" She did and he exa her "Is it across all your flesh as well or just parts?"

Lia bit her lip to keep fro out "It itches and it burns My hands and ars too It is…it is everywhere It came from a plant Martin does not knohat it is I cannot bear this itching! I brought some…to show you" She fuers, she struggled to open it and withdrew a small cluster of leaves

The Aldermaston looked at it carefully but did not touch "Where did you find it?"

"In the Bearden Muir at the boulder with the Leering that had– burning since winter"

"Burning?" he asked, his voice low and concerned "With no one near it?"

"Not a soul But someone touched it in the winter I saw it in my mind"

"Was the stone itself pocked? Was it discolored?"

"Yes The stone was sick The Leering’s face was nearly burned all the way off Only slits for eyes"

He looked shocked and concerned, and his expression sent chills through her He orried He was deathly worried

"Aht," he whispered Then seizing control of himself, he faced her "Put that weed away, Lia Kneel Shut your eyes"