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way I could not define. I attempted to recall, and parts of it came back in flashes-the wo

eyes again

I did not know. It was warm, clean and much more comfortable than I'd anticipated. The lig

the ceiling, and wondered if the previ

d to s

diate. My arms were weak, my ribs hurt with every breath, and when I looked down, one o

d waited, for now I

ened, and an old woman brought in a steaming bowl o

" she said. "Ho

ateful to be alive. Where am I? Who

before I could ask more, she turned and wa

ed door and frowned

ain, accompanied by two men. One was in white healer's robes. The oth

bed and took my pulse, and h

y against my rib

said, f

to examine him in silence, before

ition has stabilized. The sprea

spoke, "Goo

ft with the stranger alone, the healer bow

bed. "Hello miss, I am Ra

ting the title

iors found you unconscious. By the time they got to you you were a

oking his face for any threat. "Why do you have

I have a heart,

time, trying to discover something

time , then said some

t even know you... h

hreats exist that the healers would be aware of, it would be beneficial to

teady, calm nature made it easie

have fallen in love with. We were together for years, then when we we

speak a word,

the forest, they forced me to swallow poison...nightshade root to be e

e said at last, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry you had

ame in with a tray of warm food. I instinctively grabbed fo

down in the chair next to the bed and said

nd that made a bitter feeling rise up m

simply, raising th

and he spoon-fed me, little by little, until I had no e

s expression had altered, the previous calmness had been replaced with o

"Excuse me." He went out with

h significance that I would want to discuss it with a

nutes, the doo

the hesitation clearly displayed on his face. He came to the

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