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"I suppose you'd best conjure a ine one you've seen and a facsimile will appear here"

Mari pictured her oval antique mirror, framed in oak in a spindle stand Within a nanosecond, a copy manifested itself "I just stand in front of it?"

"Yes, but be cautious with it," Elianna said "The knowledge is potent and addictive You'll receive an understanding noin too deep, then you must pull back"

Mari nodded and faced theback To infinity, Mari's eyes seemed to reflect No un to funnel directly into her, spells andpart of her

It was exquisite, but now she had only one thing she wanted to know

How to kill a sorceress

"You always stand outside," Mariah said as she joined Bowe at the porch railing "Is it to scent her?" Over the last few days, Mariah had settled in here, as best as she was able

"I want to know she's safe" Bowe had just returned froh he could scarcely believe it, the witches in her coven had allowed hio into Andoain at will But none could - or would - tell him how to find her

Bowe had found that to the naked eye, the property had a proud-looking reen leaves Butterflies flew everywhere

Yet when he'd blinked for a fraction of a second, he'd seen an entirely different landscape Hot stones choked up steam and s rotting balusters That was the true Andoain - Mariketa's home

"You are so miserable, Bowen It's clear to me that she's cast a spell on you What's unclear is why you seem not to care"

"Mariah, the years after your death were harsh"

"I know But I want to get past those times and look to the future I need new memories My last memories are of my death, and it was a horrific death But you know I don't blaht, then flushed She'd never irritated hi about her was different fro

"I see so ive you the children you've always longed for"

"What changed?"

"I was so selfish before and couldn't be ht my priorities into focus I want to create life" She smiled shyly up at him "With you"

Here Mariah was, offered up to hiods for decades All the difficulties he'd had with her seeentle fey

She was everything he'd thought he could ever want

And he wasn't even certain that the witch would take hiht before the plane wreck and hadn't overcome the difficulties between them