I hadn't realized how much I'd relied on his scowls or his shrugs or his grudging looks of approval to help me figure something out-until they weren't there anymore. Or how I could talk to some people about a lot of things but only to him about everything. And how unbelievably valuable that was.
Karen ChanceI felt betrayed and absolutely livid, but my body wasnโt smart enough to know it. It had liked the feel of his hands, wanted more of it, wanted it now. It was almost like there were two of me, one who heartily approved of the mage and one who would have dearly loved to see him dead.
Karen ChanceYou will die a worse death if you do not leave my domain,โ a voice thundered down from the third story of the old tenement. โI am a servant of the Sacred Fire, the wielder of the flame of Arnorโโ โSo I should call you Gandalf?
Karen Chance