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. She hasn't had a heart attack. And now it's time to go.
"That's it," I said, and I added, "Thanks."
I began to rise, and she moved quickly and was hugging me again.
I returned her embrace for a moment, then said, "I'd really better be
going. ,Coral could be in danger."
"The hell with her," she said. "Stay with me. We have more important
things to talk about."
I was surprised by her callousness, but I tried not to show it.
"I've a duty to her," I said, "and I've got to see to it now."
"All right," she said, sighing. "I'd better come along and give you a
hand."
"How?" I asked.
"You'd be surprised," she told me, and she was on her feet and smiling
a twisted smile.
I nodded, feeling that she was probably right.
CHAPTER 10
We hiked back along the hallway to my apartment. When I opened the door
and summoned the lights, Nayda did a fast survey of the first room. She
froze when she saw my coatrack.
"Queen Jasra!" she said.
"Yep. She had a disagreement with a sorcerer named Mask," I explained.
"Guess who won?"
Nayda raised her left hand and moved it in a slow pattern-behind
Jasra's neck and down her back, across her chest, then downward again. I did
not recognize any of the movements she was performing.
"Don't tell me that you're a sorceress, too," I said. "It seems that
everyone I run into these days has had some training in the Art
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