There is never any turning back Gemma. You have to go forward. Make the future yours.

Beneath the skin, there is fear. Pain. Remorse. Yearning. Desire. A fierce longing for power. All of this. We are joined. It is as if we live in the center of a great storm. Around us the world of the realms revolves like a giant kaleidoscope, images refracted again and again. So many worlds! So much to know.

They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those two things working in your favor.

I invited myself. Thought this table needed some class.

We are English, and I expect you to behave as such. No more crying.

No, I call. Come back. I'm here, he says. But I can't see. It's too bright. You can't hold back the light, Gemma. I'm here. Trust me.

Meraa mitra yahaan aaiye," he murmurs. I understand only a little Hindi, enough to know what he has said: Come here, my friend. I've never known a braver girl," he says.