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“You won’t try to convince me not to go?”
But Kaltain’s mouth tightened as her onyx
gown began to blend into the gathered night.
“You know what you will face there. It is not
for me to tell you if you are ready.”
His mouth went dry.
Kaltain said, “Everything you have heard
about Morath is true. True, and still there is
more that is worse than you can imagine. Stay
to the keep. It is Erawan’s stronghold, and
likely the only place he would trust to store
the key.”
Dorian nodded, his heart beginning to
hammer. “I will.”
She took a step toward him, but halted as
her edges rippled further. “Don’t linger too
long, and don’t attract his attention. He is
arrogant, and wholly self-absorbed, and will
not bother to look too closely at what might
creep through his halls. Be quick, Dorian.”