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Albert was actually surprised "Of course you can be beaten Your Highness Everyone can be beaten"

"Except for you, right, Albert?" Caine said bitterly

Albert knew he shouldn’t let himself be baited But the cheap shot rankled "Turk and Lance shot me," he said, with his hand on the doorknob "I’m only alive because of luck and Lana BelieveI was unbeatable"

And ht, but did not say

FOURTEEN

24 HOURS, 29 MINUTES

THEY WATCHED MOHAMED leave

Then, when she was sure Sam had at least a couple of minutes to think clearly, Astrid told hi it in so we can take a look at it I caet it here I’ll see what I can learn"

Sam seemed barely to pay attention His eyes were draard the barrier He wasn’t alone The stain was clearly visible to kids as they worked The kids out in the fields probably wouldn’t notice, but the ones still here in the town around theit

They came in ones or twos or threes to ask Sam what it meant And he would say, "Get back to work If you need to worry, I’ll let you know"

Each time he said it--and it ruff but ulti voice

But Astrid knew better She could feel the tension bleeding froged doard, the way his forehead formed twin vertical worry lines between his eyes

He didn’t need so she and Edilio had found, that would have to wait Because all Sa advance of the stain His i him She could see it in the way his hands would forhten and then release, but the release was forced, conscious, and accompanied each time by a deliberate exhalation