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allowed to say, either.” When he opened his
mouth to ask more, she cut him off. “There
are other forces at work. Beyond what is
tangible and what is known.”
He glanced toward Damaris. “Other gods?”
Kaltain’s silence was answer enough. But
—another time. He’d contemplate it another
time.
“I never thought to summon you,” he
admitted. “You, who knew Morath’s true
horrors. I didn’t realize ...” He let the words
trail off as he rose to his feet.
“That there’d be anything left of me to
summon?” she finished. He winced. “The key
ate away much—but not everything.”
“Is the third one indeed at Morath, then?”
She nodded gravely. Her body shimmered,
fading swiftly. “Though I do not know where
he kept it. I wasn’t ... ready to receive the
second one before I took matters into my own