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"I wasn't expecting anyonefor a moment you looked almost exactly like a like something I saw once as a boySomething that changed my life
Elena didn't know what to say to thatShe had thought no further than getting hereNow that she had found him she was suddenly unsure of herself againShe sat down on the dead earth facing himHe watched her, but said nothing else
She took a deep breath and said, bravely, "You should have expected someoneYou should have known that I would come She swallowed hard, her heart pounding
For a long moment Baerd swiss cartier pasha seatimer was very still, his head tilted a little to one side, as if listening to the echo of her wordsIt lit up his young, too thin face and the hollow, wounded eyes
"Thank you," he said"Thank you for that, Elena It was the first time he'd used her nameIn the distance they could hear the singing from the cornfieldOverhead the stars were almost impossibly bright in the black arch of the sky
Elena felt herself flushingShe glanced down and away from his direct gazeShe said, awkwardly, "After all, it is dangerous here in the dead lands, and you wouldn't fashion d
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