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“An error in judgment” His voice was hard as stone “You al more than an error?”
He started to walk away She grabbed his arm—then jerked her hand away in shock when he snarled at her
“Gray, talk to me,” she pleaded
“I have nothing to say”
Her teh her body until she was sure her hair was going to stand on end like a fan of fire
“If you’re not going to talk to me, then you dah of your temper and your silence”
“Fine I’ll do that” As he walked away from her, Gray shouted, “Vae! You’re with me”
“At least that will get both of you out of arden
Reyhana looked arestled with a weed, and swore politely when the top of the plant broke off, leaving the tap root
“You can’t pull the tap roots of those weeds out unless you do it after a soaking rain,” Cassidy said, kneeling beside the younger woman “But you can use Craft to create a slick shaft around the root so you can pull it out”
“Can you show me?” Reyhana asked
“I can show you,” Cassidy replied, then added silently,Without those two yapping at me
Ranon watched Gray head right for hi told him he should shield when another warrior caression But this was Gray, so he held his ground until the other rabbed a fistful of his shirt
“You guard her, Ranon,” Gray said, his voice so rough it was hardly recognizable “You hear h about her to do what’s right, so you guard her until I get back”
“Where are you going?” Ranon asked
Gray’s soing to talk to somebody”
I will take care of Gray, Vae said, using a private psychic thread aimed at him
Ranon waited until Gray rounded the corner of the house Then he rubbed his hands over his face and sighed After days of observing Gray and Cassidy’s silent argument, he wanted to talk to someone too But he’d have to wait until Gray returned—or until Talon rose this evening and could take over the watch Then he would go to his grandfather’s house, and Yairen would make a brew of spiced whiskey and coffee, a drink the old man only made when men needed to speak to other men about difficult matters
He had no right to interfere between a man and a wouidance in order to walk this particular knife’s edge
He crossed the yard and knelt on the other side of Cassidy, who ignored hi out the full root of a weed
“Look,” Ranon said quietly, “you probably don’t want anyone with a ck within twenty paces of you right now”
“That is correct,” Cassidy said, still not looking at him
“If you pro to hurt yourself because you’re upset with Gray, I’ll leave you in peace” Soon after she’d come to Dena Nehele, she’d worked her hands into a bloodyTheran had done The court had learned a hard lesson that day, and he wasn’t about to let it happen again “Cassidy?”
“Why would she hurt herself over a e
His temper sharpened Reyhana wore Purple Dusk; he wore Opal He couldn’t allow a challenge to go unanswered, even if the girl was a QueenEspecially because the girl was a Queen