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Vanishing the docuone for the rest of the day, he said on a spear thread when Kermilla rushed into the entranceway Hold on to any es until I return

Done, Julien said

And when he returned he would put Green shields and locks around his study Kermilla would be insulted, but better that than another error in judgment

“Theran?” Kermilla’s voice was a blend of distress and whiny-bitchy that he hadn’t heard before “Where are you going? What about our invitation to—”

“Send your regrets,” he snapped as he headed for the door “I have an appointment”With the Queen , he added silently

Cassidy watched Shira reled web of dreams and visions from its wooden frame and drop the spider silk into a shallol of witchfire

“What did you see?” Cassidy asked “Or can’t the vision be shared?”

Shira looked at her for a long tilass supplies before saying, “Endings and beginnings I think lass have seen the end of Dena Nehele—and wept for it So, but it wasn’t always there in the visions, so we knew the end was coood would follow”

“And now?”

“I used to see orchards of honey pear trees growing out of the bodies of thefields”

“Mother Night,” Cassidy whispered

“Sohtmares, I would pick the fruit off one tree I would bite into one of the pears, and it was better than anything I’d ever tasted before Then I would look down and see Ranon’s face The tree was growing out of as left of Ranon”

“Shira”

“Today I saw orchards of honey pear trees growing out of rich soil Soil, Cassie Not the bodies of our dead And even though I couldn’t see the, and I knew they were alive and helping with the harvest” Shira undid the Craft holding her hair up and let that dark hair flow around her shoulders “You’re the difference Dena Nehele will break, and Shalador Nehele will rise A new beginning”

“There could still be war,” Cassidy said “Those honey pears row out of the bodies of the dead”

“That’s a possibility,” Shira agreed “But before, it was a certainty”

Shalador’s Lady will rule this new land?

She will

We will continue to walk the path she has shown us and reclaim the Old Ways of the Blood?

We will

Then the people of Shalador elcoe, and ill strive to be worthy of the honor she has given us by na her new Territory Shalador Nehele

Gray rode into the landen co was really necessary Prudent, sure But necessary? They’d used a small Coach that Ranon could handle so that they could ride the Opal Winds together The news still arrived at the southern and western reserves ahead of them

They were given the courtesy of being allowed to deliver their e to an assembly of elders and Tradition Keepers since they hadin the western reserve, they were gently shooed home Shalador’s decision was made They would stand with the Queen Ranon and Jared Blaed should return home and tend to Shalador’s Lady