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sworn none of the strange or fell beasts in
these lands would prowl so close to Doranelle,
but she didn’t want to risk it. So she remained
in the glen, where she’d been told to wait.
Wait for them. Or wait for things to go
badly enough that she had to find her own
way. Perhaps she’d seek out Essar if it should
come to that—
It wouldn’t come to that. She swore it over
and over. It couldn’t come to that.
The morning sun was beginning to warm
the chilled shade when she saw them.
Saw them, before she heard them, because
their feet were silent on the forest floor,
thanks to their immortal grace and training.
The breath shuddered out of her as Lorcan
emerged between two moss-crusted trees,
eyes already fixed on her. And a step behind
him, staggering along ...
Elide didn’t know what to do. With her