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. "It must not happen again!"
A storm came and went behind her eyes. Then, for the first time, she
looked vulnerable.
"I lost him because of that . . . ," she said.
Then the moment was gone. The hardness returned.
"I had not finished my wine," she said then, reseating herself.
"I'll get you another glass," I told her.
"And is that a mirror on the table?"
CHAPTER 11
I waited till she was finished primping, glancing out of the window at
the snow and surreptitiously trying again to reach Coral or Luke while my
back was turned to her.
No luck, though. When she put down the comb and brush she'd borrowed
from me and laid the mirror beside them, I gathered she'd finished
organizing her thoughts as well as her hair and was ready to talk again. I
turned back slowly and strolled over.
We studied each other while practicing expressionlessness, then she
asked, "Is anyone else in Amber aware that you have awakened me?"
"No," I replied.
"Good. That means I've a chance of leaving here alive. Presumably, you
want my assistance against Mask and this Jurt?"
"Yes. "
"Exactly what sort of help do you desire, and what are you prepared to
pay for it?"
"I intend to penetrate the Keep and neutralize Mask and Jurt," I said.
"'Neutralize'? That's one of those little euphemisms for `kill,' isn't
it?"
"I suppose so," I replied
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