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Colvin stood rooted in place for afrom his shoulder Then he let it fall with a thump and heLia sith pain and pleasure, ignoring the little jolts of agony that caain She smelled his hair, his leather jerkin, the scent of his skin – inhaled hi hi moaned with thehim tense at the words "Please come back to me Please take care of yourself Every day you will be infor your safety The Medium will protect you both I have faith in that"
She felt his sigh, his body trehtly, he looked at her with inexpressible pain and longing in his eyes It was the look of a ," he whispered "Leaving you like this I can hardly bear it Will you help me? Will you…Gift me, Lia?"
A smile creased her e of the bed and bowed his head so she could reach it She n while she touched his hair What could she say? It was her first ti one herself What would the Mediuhts were a jumble, all confused She knehat she wanted to say, but she knew it had to come from the Medium and not her "Colvin Price," she said in a treift you with…" She paused, searching through her contorting feelings for the right words Then she felt it – a spark of warift you isdoh the illusions and see things as they really are As they really must be By Idumea’s hand, make it so"
The Medium was a war and peaceful She took a deep breath, trying to calm the sobs that would come later He raised his head and stared in her eyes His iron will had asserted itself again He rose slowly from the bed and stared down at her "I will come back to you That is my promise I will not break it this ti the tears burn in her eyes as she watched hiain
"While the Medium reveals itself in many forms and can come as a dramatic manifestation, it usually does not Some mastons think they need to experience the full, raer of the Medium before they are convinced of its possibilities If we have unrealistic notions of hohen, or where the Mediu the tokens which cohts while we are doing so else These si and powerful as the dra each maston learns for himself"
- Gideon Penman of Muirwood Abbey
CHAPTER FORTY SIX:
Scarseth’s Voice
The Alderh Muirwood as fast the birds in springti hian to huh or brushing butter around the edge of a crust Lia watched with jealousy, wishing she was active again Each day was less painful than the one before it, though her heart was heavy Word had come that Colvin and Elloere bound on a ship for Dahouest at the Abbey and he treated his stay there as such, asking for per orders as if it were his own earldos
"Sowe, can you slice the apples? He likes it in chunks Bryn, up the ladder with you Fetch a puirl Make haste! I ary I would like to have so ready quickly Oh, that I had a spare shank to roast Maybe I should send for the butcher"
The kitchen door opened, letting in the blinding sunlight Pasqua turned to bark in annoyance and stopped when she recognized the Alder the oldthe food to you," Pasqua said, looking rattled at seeing hi as fast as we can Sowe, Sowe!"
"I ary," the Alderhed into his fist, his whole body wracked with spas soothingly to him "Please…I must speak with Lia If you would all leave us for a moment I must consult with her"