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9: Old fear
The starry skies stretched out cloudless over the desert when Hawk got up and dressed. He hadn’t managed to do more than nap since the afternoon, but he did not feel tired. There was something in those clear, cold nights that kept his mind restless all the way until the first hours of the morning,…
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8: Fireflies in the night
The elders interrupted their negotations only to sleep, and after the first two days of pained waiting Ren’i gave up, seeing as Ared was still refusing to let him enter the elder’s house. Or to even tell him what the situation looked like.
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7: The man named Hawk
Sweat was pouring down Ren’i’s face in rivulets. He could tell the tunic had glued itself to his back under the breastplate. Heat was radiating off the metal, making him feel thoroughly uncomfortable, but he took it straight-backed and forced the same serene expression on his face that he’d carried for the past few months,…



