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He had been certain she would succumb to his threats to
reveal her half-derro heritage to the thane, for she cherished
her position as captain of the guard. But she had called Pit-
rick's bluff time and again; she sensed her value to him, and
knew that he would not seek her banishment from the clan,
because it would take her from his grasp. The secret of her
power over him only fanned the flames of his desire to mas-
ter her.
Pitrick had never doubted he would win her, nor realized
how much he had lived only for that day. The derro's
mushale-laden mind was overcome by an unfamiliar sensa-
tion. He had heard others speak of it as regret. He had never
lamented a single action in his life, but he was astounded to
admit to himself that he actually regretted being forced to
push Perian into the pit and out of his life.
The responsibility lay entirely with the odious hill dwarf,
and with Perian herself for going too far and being foolish
enough to defend him. The look of admiration she'd given
the other dwarf, when she'd never viewed Pitrick with any-
thing but thinly disguised loathing, had driven the savant to
the brink of insanity
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