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Renia, tell me: does the thought of dying scare you?’ He asked softly, and with such concern in his voice, that it all welled up in her at once and caught her by surprise.‘ Yes.’ Her voice broke, and the tears came. She could not stop them. ‘Is that what I must do, to save them?Helen Bell
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I'm sorry, ’ she told him finally, because there was nothing else to say. His dazed expression slowly turned to a frown, but not of anger; it was a look nearer to disappointment.‘ No, ye're not.’ Penor spoke without anger or venom, in a voice of pure reason. ‘Ye're glad it weren't Kerin. Better any of us, just so long as it’s not Kerin.Helen Bell