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So also do the dead fall, when struck in the heart

She kept her gaze fixed on the young envoy If she called death, then she ht

Behind, froht as ecstasy, cut short A shriek answered that interrupted cry, a sob--then it, too, died abruptly A cart’s wheels ground along the road as it rolled closer

In a in to fall

The envoy’s eyes widened, and his expression underwent a re on the road, behind Rosvita He cocked his head sideways, as if this shift in angle ht answer a question

In the dead silence, the standard-bearer laughed, a strange, and strangely frightening because very human, sound

He spoke, in perfect Wendish

"My shaic in your train, so I caht be It is not what I expected"

She heard the feather brush of footsteps beneath the sound ulped audibly He eating and treaze focused forward

Not one Eika or man allied with the Eika had fallen

The cart scraped to a halt behind theatani’s voice before--Hanna had taught the shah the veil of shutters To hear it in the open air made it seem entirely different, more ominous because it sounded all the h such a creature could never be innocent

"I coatani "Breschius drives the wagon But it is gone wrong A pair of people in our ranks falls because they forget to hide their eyes But the enemy--they stand untouched"

The standard-bearer walked forward "What enuine curiosity

"How are you protected?" demanded Rosvita

"That is my secret What is it you expect to happen to ered that she had imperiled her soul and to no purpose! How had they failed?

Behind her, Sorgatani began to weep