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posted outside my door. Her name was Bertha Hicks, a low-ra

out a diamond brooch that glittered under the lamplight. I pr

spered. "And I need to know everything he says during hi

a sharp, greedy nod and slipp

Dr. Edmund had arrived. He w

a service corridor. I slipped into a dark alcove just down t

in. A calm, deep one I didn't

Cassian's voice was

y Sterling's condition is... grave. Her life force is

len asked, her voice tight

t stretched on,

Dr. Edmund said slowly. "But

?" Cassian

Moonp

lent at the ment

e Frostfang North, guarded by the most ferocious beasts known t

oom, so thick I could feel it through the

cove, a small, triumphan

ened memories knew of

ess flower! I think all you Sullivan healers are frauds! The other

t up!" Cass

brow furrow and his mouth tighten into a hard line

ng, but the d

r for a short time," the doctor said, his tone now clipped and form

len, despite the insult, escorted

my room as silen

few minutes later, and I rewarded h

e quest. They would exhaust their resources,

ould ha

repare my

t to them, it would be the most expensive gift the