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flexing the hands which had clenched in readiness a tthe first inkling of disaster. Setting the handfire to
hover like an early moon, h ewearily crossed the few steps to kneel at Cullen's head, stripping off gauntlet
sbefore he held one hand above the priest's brow. A chill swept through him a she extended his Deryni
awareness along the dead man's body .

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memory fading with the body's warmth.

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eyes and searched for strength. It seemed onl y seconds before he felt Joram's approach. He raised his
head in anxious query as his son shuffled slowly into the circle of hovering handfire.

Joram's face was ashen, the strain of unspeakable tension etched so indelibly on his features that
Camber dared not even ask its source. He fell heavily to his knees across from Camber, his head pitching
forward so looselyon his chest that for an instant Camber feared for him—until he heard th e
stifled sob.

Then Camber knew that it was grief, not personal injury, which blurred hisson's mind to despair. He