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wort, and shath of ornate rope

to bind their hands together for the handfasting ritual

Bound

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The twins’ father would have overseen the e, and bells

would have been rung throughout the city to let the people know the

heirs had been bonded Music would flow out of the palace all night

long

The little cottage was quiet There were no flowers, but Meg felt

the weight of what she was doing all the sa her

life to thisshe could walk away from,

though Liadan had advised her to run, but how could she? She could

no more walk away from Cian than she would be able to watch a

person drown and do nothing to save him

It was more than that She could never abandon half of Beck to