Contents
Prologue
The prisoners, chained together, shuffled awkwardly into the main square…
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The Spur of Percheron was oblivious to the clandestine attention…
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It was going to be unpleasant, she thought, tapping perfectly…
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Boaz was deeply disturbed. The morning had begun like any…
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Herezah did not need to be veiled within the privacy…
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Lazar shaded his eyes and squinted into the shimmering scene…
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Zafira lived in a tiny dwelling in the attic of…
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They arrived before sunset, a couple of hours earlier than…
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Pez found Boaz alone in his chambers. Joreb had long…
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Pez led Boaz through a maze of corridors the boy…
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Pez and his Zar were still trapped in the corridor…
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Tariq sat alone on the balcony of his home and…
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As Tariq was haggling over the darkest of bargains that…
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Pez, feeling unsettled, had left a perplexed young Zar on…
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Jumo was relieved to see the familiar figure and distinctive…
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How is your arm this morning, my lion?” Herezah asked…
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Salmeo’s heart was pumping hard and it was not only…
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A heavy silence fell upon the crowded courtyard. Yet another door…
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Lazar had thought about closing his eyes to Ana but…
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Ana was hurried away from the Courtyard of Sorrows and…
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Pez fretted that he should not have left Lazar to…
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It was humid in Percheron, the air stifling within the…
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Pez had spent most of the night talking with the…
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Boaz declared three official days of mourning for the death…
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The man looked sickened. “Lie to the Zar? Admit to…
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She turned at the sound, rising from her chair. “Oh,…
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When Ana woke the following morning, Pez was back at…
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Salmeo brooded in his chamber. Horz had been immovable but…
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Pez sat alone in the marble coolness of the palace…
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Boaz was given a tumultuous welcome by the city of…
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Boaz’s complexion had turned so pale Pez wondered if the…
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Before he went to find Ana, Pez returned to his…
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There was no sign of Zafira. Pez couldn’t understand why…