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"II" She trailed off, going quiet for tense h of that" She airily waved her hand, and water swayed in the river "We’re talking about you and Death now You have the potential to hare the subject "How?"

"He is two e He has spent all of those years one way Now, for this short span--really only a blink of an eye over his lifetie finds himself in love You’ve been with hih with an affliction Like the Lovers had said

"Death craves knowledge," Circe said "How frustrating that soo unsolved even after thousands of years He now comprehends what it means to love another--but not to be loved in return"

"I do love him"

She arched a brow "Clearly"

What could I say? Why convince her?

"Death told me the Fool showed you a vision with ten swords in your back"

I nodded "The ten of swords card indicates that a devastating catastrophe is headed one’s way and will strike without warning Bingo, Matthew"

"Ho and accepting one’s current circue fate As o of Jack? Like you let go of the man you lost?"

She lifted one slim shoulder "You’d already fallen for another"

"I swore revenge on Richter How can I think of surrendering that need?" Richter, I’ for you? "Do you knohat I fear ht have to live hat he did"

"No one’s suggesting you give up your revenge But what if we can’t find hi till then? Will you force Death to stop as well? He yearns to be a norive that to him?"

"I made the point to hi at my clumsiness "All I did was insult hi to everything in the castle? "I don’t want to hurt hiaze with her own "Therein lies the lesson of the card, Evie Greene The lesson of life When you can’t change your situation, you e yourself You must rise and walk--despite the ten swords in your back"

What was harder than dying? Living a nightmare

Mom had learned to live without Dad I had learned to live without Mo about Aric I disobeyed the dictates of the gaot Jack killed What if I do the same to Aric?"

Circe hly of yourself Do you believe you had soically Richter could have reversed the order of his attacks--targeting Fort Arcana earlier, vaporizing the Magician, one of Fauna’s wolves, and the stronghold of his enemies He could have shot at the areted mortals and one player The Moon"