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Her gaze fell on his bone thingy again Why did he keep it? For years to coine scenarios for it

Unless she met hiood, feive you that," Rune said as he entered the courtyard

The voyeur was sitting on the edge of the fountain, skiers across the water’s surface, her black nails glinting "Be specific Good at lots"

The roin When he’d scented her a couple of blocks away, he’d had to force himself to slow his steps "Where did you learn to steal like that?"

She quirked an eyebrow "Practice"

"I never felt you near uess you could say I’m between jobs" Her lips curled, like that was an inside joke "You showed; does this mean you’ll join me for coffee?"

"Return ht only spank you"

"And that’s a hard no on java" She rose and squared her shoulders--as if they were about to spar

How strange Aside fro to land him "What could you ith such a useless trinket?"

The voyeur reached into her skirt pocket, then held up the talisaze locked on the piece "It’s of no value" It"I’ll have it back si--this is nowI stole it fair and square What’s it for, anyway?"

"It’s not for anything As I said, it has no value" It’sI care most about in all the worlds The nerve of this bitch!

"What do the symbols mean?"

"That’s not your concern" He didn’t know!

Captured and enslaved young, his dam had only remembered a limited number of runes to teach her son That talisman had been the sole possession she’d had on her, yet even she couldn’t read it

Unless Orion could help his, Rune would never know--because his one extinct, their lore lost

All Orion had told him was that the answer lay in Gaia

The voyeur pocketed the talis it if you answer some of my questions"