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posted outside my door. Her name was Bertha Hicks, a low-ra
out a diamond brooch that glittered under the lamplight. I pr
spered. "And I need to know everything he says during hi
a sharp, greedy nod and slipp
Dr. Edmund had arrived. He w
a service corridor. I slipped into a dark alcove just down t
in. A calm, deep one I didn't
Cassian's voice was
y Sterling's condition is... grave. Her life force is
len asked, her voice tight
t stretched on,
Dr. Edmund said slowly. "But
?" Cassian
Moonp
lent at the ment
e Frostfang North, guarded by the most ferocious beasts known t
oom, so thick I could feel it through the
cove, a small, triumphan
ened memories knew of
ess flower! I think all you Sullivan healers are frauds! The other
t up!" Cass
brow furrow and his mouth tighten into a hard line
ng, but the d
r for a short time," the doctor said, his tone now clipped and form
len, despite the insult, escorted
my room as silen
few minutes later, and I rewarded h
e quest. They would exhaust their resources,
ould ha
repare my
t to them, it would be the most expensive gift the
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