Rituals

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“Why?” Berend asks in a hoarse whisper. “What is that?”

Isabel tucks the object from the coat into a pocket of her skirt. “A spell–prepared ahead of time to make casting faster. It’s a sort of binding ritual.”

That doesn’t sound good. “For Lady Breckenridge?” 

“I don’t know.”

Berend puts a hand on his sword and turns to the parlor door, but he stops himself before he goes anywhere. Nothing will be gained by revealing himself too soon, as much as he’d like to lop Geray’s head off right now, and Lady Breckenridge will never forgive him if he gets blood all over her dining room rug. 

The voice of an old commander intrudes on his thoughts. Think, Horst, think. 

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Magnetism

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Isabel puts her eye to the gap between the boards. Warder is seated outside of her frame of vision, seated on a chaise by the parlor door. All she can see are his shoes, well-made of fine leather but badly scuffed at the toes, perched at the edge of the rug. 

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