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"And who goes on this journey?" Magiano says, leaning forward as if to protect esture with one of her own, turning herself toward Raffaele

"Every Elite in the world aligns with the gods in soe candlelight flickers against his robes "The group of Elites who go with us ny needed to reach beyond the mortal world--the touch of iemstones The way Raffaele tested each of us Thehtstone and amber, diamond and roseite and veritium What had he found with my sister? Heago, when he was still a o with us?

Raffaele looks at reen, seeh me "I remember yours quite vividly, Adelina," he says "Fear and fury Ambition Passion Wisdons with fear"

Fear I a Violetta and I have shared since ere children

"In addition to that, she aligns with joy and empathy--with happiness and sensitivity"

Joy Sensitivity I think of Violetta’s childish twirls, her ringing laughter, the way she used to carefully braid s; I don’t doubt Raffaele for a second My heart aches as I think of her Violetta is resting now in her own quarters on the ship She still hasn’t said a word to io asks Raffaele, unable to keep his dislike out of his voice "You’ve never ht bow of his head "Wisdorunts, unwilling to acknowledge Raffaele’s words as he continues "Including Lucent’s alignio, your alignments already overlap these, as do Michel’s So we need to find others with the three rereed" He pauses to look at Magiano "I would like to give you the saiano crosses his arlance froestures to hioes to stand in the middle of the floor "I suppose you won’t believe ianoa series of raw, unpolished gemstones, just as he’d once done with me He quietly places all twelve of the stones in a circle around Magiano Magiano stands still, his body stiff I can sense a note of fear over him, a cloud of wariness at Raffaele’s intentions, but he doesn’t iano once, seeing which of the stones respond to his energy After a while, three of the stones start to glow

Diareen And sapphire, a blue as deep as the ocean

Raffaele starts to call on each of the geiano, the way he had called forth iano had such a penchant for sapphires, why he attempted to steal an entire treasury’s worth of the’s pendant so badly?

Magiano shudders slightly as Raffaele accesses the first of his memories I wonder what Raffaele sees, and for a iano’s past too Magiano reacts to each of Raffaele’s tests, but stays calhout the exercise They finally reach the last stone, the pale green prase quartz

Suddenly, Magiano jerks away and steps out of the circle He is shaking all over--the tiny note of fear hovering over hih to stir my oer Raffaele withdraws his hand

"Get away froiano snaps at him

I’ve never seen hilance, pushes past the table, and goes to stand before the porthole overlooking the ht ocean I frown, and my heart seizes for him His reaction reminds me so much of when Raffaele finally called on fear and fury in ly iano?

"Careful, Messenger," I say, narrowing my eyes at Raffaele "Our alliance is not so solid that I wouldn’t kill you for harhs and folds his arain He returns nreed He needs to co iano’s reaction to it

I let out a short breath, relieved that I will have Magiano with me on this trip I start to ask what Raffaele iano about this later Joy, anment to Moritas and to Tristius," Raffaele replies "To death, for the ery of the heart"

War and death I know i us, if they don’t already exist insideways at Raffaele "She will align with Moritas"