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Farasha leaped over them, cutting sharp
turns as Elide pivoted to look and look and
look.
Darghan horses and riders ran past. Some
to the keep, some to the distant forest along
the horizon. Farasha wove between them,
biting at those in her path.
“Lorcan!” How small her cry sounded, how
feeble.
Still the dam held.
I will always find you.
And her words, her stupid, hateful words to
him ... Had she done this? Brought this upon
him? Asked some god to do this?
Her words had all melted away the moment
she’d realized he was not on the battlements.
The past few months had melted away
entirely.
“Lorcan!”
Unfaltering, Farasha kept moving, her