mind?” Still keeping one hand on the sword,
he slid the other into a pocket, if only to hide
its shaking. “Or to tell you where they are
hidden?”
“It was worth the attempt,” Maeve said.
“Why not sound the alarm?” was his only
reply.
Maeve leaned back, studying him again.
“You want what I want. Erawan has it. Does
that not make you and I allies of a sort?”
“You must be mad, to think I would ever
give you the keys.”
“Am I? What would you do with them,
Dorian? Destroy them?”
“What would you do? Conquer the world?”
Maeve laughed. “Oh, nothing so common
as that. I would make sure that Erawan and his
brothers can never return.” Damaris remained
warm in his hand. The queen spoke the truth.
Or some part of it.
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