She saw his teeth as he smiled"None of us are,"... She saw his teeth as he smiled"None of us are," he saidBut I don't think anything else will happen tonightWe are all going to bed
"My father came in a while agoHe said it seemed to have quieted downThe Governor was slain in the castleCatriana did kill the BarbadianThere was chaos up there, and somebody seems to have shot the TrackerI think that was what saved us"My father didn't tell me about that
"He probably didn't want to disturb your nightI'll be sorry now if I have He glanced past her toward the other bed"How is she?"
"She's all right, really She registered the quick concern in his voiceBut Catriana
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"And how are you?" Devin asked, in a different tone, turning back to herAnd there was something in that altered, deeper voice that made it difficult for her to breathe
"I'm fine too, honestly
"I know you are," he said"Actually, you are a great deal more than that, Alais He hesitated for a moment, seeming suddenly awkwardShe didn't understand that, until he leaned slowly forward to kiss her full upon the lipsFor the second time, if you counted the one in the crowded room downstairs, but
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He drew back unsteadilyAlais opened her eyesHe looked blurred and softened, where he stood on the landingFootsteps went past in the lane below, slowly now, not running as beforeThe two of them were silent, looking at each otherDevin cleared his throatthere are still two or three hours to morningYou should try to sleep, Alaisa great deal happening in the days to comeHe hesitated
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She remained sitting where she was for some time longer, looking up at the brightness of the stars, letting her racing heart gradually slowShe replayed in her mind the ragged, very young uncertainty and wonder in his voice in those last wordsAlais smiled again to herself in the darknessTo someone schooled by a life of observation, that voice had revealed a great dealAnd it had been simply touching her that had done this to himWhich was, if one lingered to think about it and relive the moment of that kiss,
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She was still smiling when she left the window-ledge and returned to her bed and she did fall asleep then, after all, for the last few greatly altered hours of that long night
All through the next day everyone waitedA pall of doom like smoke hung over SenzioThe city treasurer attempted to assert control in the castle, but the leader of the Guard was disinclined to take orders from himTheir shouted confrontations went on all dayBy the time someone thought to go down for the girl her body had already been taken away; no one knew where or by whose orders
The work of the city ground to a
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