“Ah, no more tears,” he said pulling me onto his lap.

“We will not speak of her if it makes you sad. You lose the food we give you when you are upset.”

Strong arms held me tightly to his chest as I trembled.

“I miss her,” I cried into his neck.

“I worry about her and want desperately to see her. Everyday, I have her on my mind. If I could just know she was all right…” I trailed off.

It was a pipe dream. There was no more way for me to know Hannah was all right than for my mother to know I was all right. The distance may as well be the same. I was not going to get closer to either one of them.

have a coupling,” Damien

very soon. I will talk to Nu-reeh and ask her to

my

who knows where, Damien. She could be anywhere on the whole

Angela’s Library

in his eyes. I saw the spark of challenge and had to laugh. Damien was so sure of himself, all the time. It didn’t matter what

said using the formal title to irritate him, “you are a powerful man and

to

beside Damien discussing strategy. There had been a fight with bandits on the road today and Christof thought there was a

argued as I

his point. It was a valid way to arrange themselves and it

a laugh. It sounded to me like Christof was just curious. He just wanted to try

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