a P
Corie back to me. He didn't answer my qu
do you
pond. It was noncommittal, but it wasn't a d
turned my attention to Aden, who was
s been sick with worry for three years. In all that time, did
er. Because th
ce. "Tell me, who was it that 'accidentally' dropped the Sunstone Cha
truck her. "No... that's n
to Elna. "Mother, you say you love me. On the day they
her head, her face a m
hrowing me into hell, then complaining that I tracke
r. "Your guilt is seeing my wounds, and then ru
less heap of despair. Aden's face was a mottl
purged a poison that had been choking me for ye
card to play. I turned back, my
e light, almost cheerful. "I hear Lord Klein and Miss Powers are
now became explosive. Corie instinctively stra
wed. He hadn't expec
ight! Their union is blessed by the High Sovereign himself! It i
I wanted. A genuine
an 'outsider' like me shouldn't be here,
u sell me back to the Blackore Mines? Or
talking abou
money for the family, and it would allow Miss Powers to prepare for her wedding
om. It was a checkmate. If they kept me, it proved I had value t
Corie's face cycled t
ciation in his eyes. The girl who used to follow him around like a lost
rned and began the long, painful walk
ing with rage, but a hand shot
n," Derrick said
se side are you on? Don't forget, it's
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