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Except, of course, there is the sadness of Maria"

"Yes," Grant es are accurate, we should find other bodies as well The great clash of the Norht here!"

"We’ve already found a number of bodies," Grant reminded

"Yes, yes… we know that the earthquake that broke up the cliff definitely happened Exact dates are a bit sketchy Those we have found already belonged to the local people This little piece of metal is a treh was buried, along with Valeria, and François Others, yes, those anted her executed"

"Wait, wait, who?" Grant said

"Valeria--the woh fell in love SheWicked to no end, since she apparently forced her own people to e’re assuend were her own forces She rode with François, and they were the ones who ravaged the countryside Conan de Burgh won the last battle, but was then killed hiht have survived, had he not been trying to save Valeria’s life"

Valeria

That was the name

Stephanie had claimed that he’d cried it in his sleep, cried it when he ake

When he ith her

Coincidence?

He sipped his coffee, trying to keep a grip on the frightening sense of destiny, of the feeling that he’d had to co here It was so hard to accept that he, who had so often scoffed at anything out of the ordinary, could have this strange sense of destiny Stephanie had put it all into siht Gema had packed up and left Maria had been attacked by wild ani so bizarre in any of it So they all had drean country

They slept to the sound of the waves and the sea breeze rustling through local palms

"Grant?"

"Yes, yes, sorry"

"Are you still with me?"

"Of course"

"Come out tomorrow The crime scene people have said that they will be out of the way by then It’s so very, very exciting!"

"Yes, of course Sunday We’re going to be black, out of respect for the coo I want to be there I don’t intend to get in the way of the detectives, but I uard my own interests A domani!"

"Toave hihts… back with Steph

Incredible nights He loved her so deeply He believed she loved him But now she was uneasy about him as well

And why not? He wondered so crazy hi to feel so, so lasses shielding her eyes "Well,my eyes today! But I think by Monday… well, we h, huh?"

"Don’t get rid of Liz so quickly," Suzette murmured

On a towel next to Suzette, Stephanie frowned "Are you feeling ill now?"

Suzette shook her head "No, not really Just tired today I had the strangest dreahtmares?" Lena asked sy dark glasses as well, but it was apparent that she was flushing

"No… not nightlanced at Stephanie, then at Lena "I dreamt that I ith someone And it was… I ild

Absolutely indecent And yet… I was thrilled It’s rather e Made me wonder what… well, maybe it’s just sad"

Lena was silent "You know, they say that we drea a speech in the nude, because we’re insecure"

"You’ve had dreams like that here?" Suzette asked her

Lena shook her head "I think… then I got sick, and then I started getting better, and you kno this is really weird" She looked at therown up too Catholic

We have all that guilt thing going, you know But… I honestly think I feel better since I started wearing reat and all that, but do you really think that wearing a cross could ed, answering herself "Hey, they say that half of what you feel is in your o to shrines, so who am I to comment? Besides, it’s a beautiful cross"

"It is, isn’t it?" Lena rinned at Suzette "I even had a dreaine?"

"How have your dreams been, Steph?" Suzette asked

Lena answered for her "I don’t think Steph has been drea with the real thing"