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Hours could have gone by with the level of exhaustion she felt, but Kaylin knew they had been fighting this creature for a double handful of minutes at most. Andorran had shown up at her home well before dawn with word that Shadows were massing on the inner border of Nightshade. With the fieflord gods only knew where there were grave concerns that the border might not completely hold against a concentrated assault. Helen had sent messages to Teela and Severn, as well as to Tiamaris, at Kaylin's request while she roused Mandoran and Annarion to join her. They had all met up on the run to the Ablayne with Tain rounding out the party. The dista

Severn waited in the Aerie for Kaylin to get in to work.  They had only just gotten back from the West March yesterday, but he could feel her tension at having to live in the palace again.  She valued her space and needed to be able to retreat somewhere when her anger and frustration got the better of her ability not to offend people.  She had spent weeks in close quarters with Barrani where one misstep could create a world of problems.  Yet even now that they were home she had to watch her tongue and he could see it was affecting her. As she stumbled in, dark circles under her eyes, he pushed off the wall he’d been leaning against an

Music: Chapter Beginning - Sarah McLachlan "Love Come"; Chapter End - Shenandoah "I Want to be Loved Like That" The world is black and white; no waking, no sleeping; only existing.  Faces dissolve into nothingness, memories shredding to infinite pieces and scattering to the cosmos.  The vistas of countless worlds float by, no joy felt at the glory of a sunrise, no despair at bodies twisted and broken on the ground. "Emotions are senseless constructs of organic minds; you are more than those weak creatures can ever be.  We are supreme, we are the embodiment of perfection, we take and improve life.  You understand that allowing them to contin