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Tristanobeyed. “Permission granted,” she said. I'l square it with the brakeman maybe. “Yes,” Faegan answered.

Then sheremembered his last words to her, just before he disappeared with the Darkling. “But their numbers are huge!”“Yes,” Xanthus answered. Their night together had been wonderful, but it hadn’t been love. ”Choosing not to respond, the man named Aeolus sat stock-still before them.