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"Well then, that means
"That means a number of things, yesOne is our name come backAnother is Alberico ruling the PalmBefore the year is out, almost certainly
Devin tried to absorb thatIf we take them then we must take them both, he remembered the Prince saying in the Sandreni lodge, with Devin hiding in the loft above
"And if she succeeds?" he askedIn the blue and silver moonlight his profile seemed more marble than fleshHow many people of the provinces will fight against the Empire of Barbadior for a king who has been wedded to the seas of the Palm by a sea-bride from this peninsula?"
Devin thought about it
"A lot," he said at length"I think a lot of people would fight
"So do I," said Alessan"Then the next question becomes, who would win? And the one after that is: Is there something we omega de ville men's watches can do about it?"
"Is there?"
Alessan looked over at him then and his mouth crooked wryly"I have lived my life believing soWe may find it put to the test very soon
Devin stopped his questions thenIt was very bright with the two moons shiningA short while later Alessan touched his shoulder and pointed with his other handDevin looked and saw a high, dark mass of land rising from the sea in the distance
"Chiara," said Alessan
And so Devin saw the Island for the first time
"Have you ever been here before?" he asked softly
Alessan shook his head, never taking his eyes from that dark, mountainous shape on the horizon
"Only in my dreams," he said
"She's coming!" someone shouted from the topmost rigging of the Asolini ship anchored next to them; the cry was immediately picked up and strung from ship fendi b to ship and along the harbor, peaking in a roar of anticipation
And then falling away to an eerie, chilling silence as the massive bronze doors of Chiara Palace swung fully back to reveal the woman framed within
Even when she began to walk the silence heldMoving slowly, she passed among the throngs assembled in the square, seeming almost oblivious of themDevin was too far away to see her face clearly yet, but he was suddenly conscious of a terrible beauty and graceIt is the ceremony, he told himself; it is only because of where she isHe saw Danoleon behind her, moving among the other escorts, towering above them
And then, moved by some instinct, he turned from them to Brandin of Ygrath on the pierThe King was nearer to him and he had the right angleHe could see how the man watched the woman gucci silver bag approachHis face was utterly expressionless
He's calculating the situationThe numbers, the chancesHe's using all of this, the woman, the ritual, everyone gathered here with so much passion in them, for a purely political endHe realized that he despised the man for that, over and above everything else: hated him for the blank, emotionless gaze with which he watched a woman approach to risk her life for himBy the Triad, he was supposed to be in love with her!
Even the bent old man beside him, Devin saw, the King's Fool, dressed exactly like Brandin, was wringing his hands over and about each other in obvious apprehension, anxiety and concern vivid in his face
By contrast, the face of the King of the Western Palm was a frigid, uncaring maskDevin didn't even want to look at him anymoreHe turned back to omega automatic geneve the woman, who had come much nearer now
And because she had, because she was almost at the water's edge, he could see that his first sense had been right and his glib explanation wrong: Dianora di Certando clad in the sea-green robes of the Ring Dive was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in all his life
What do we want to happen? he had asked Alessan three nights ago, sailing to this Island
He still didn't know the answerBut looking down at the woman as she reached the sea a sudden fear rose in him, and an entirely unexpected pityHe grasped the rigging tightly and set himself to watch from high, high above
She knew Brandin better than anyone alive; it had been necessary, in order to survive, especially in the beginning, in order to say and do the right things in a mortally dangerous costume jewelry chanel plac