“Gisele.”
Rugerius repeated her name three times. “I’ll not forget you, Gisele. I promise. Your name will go with me. It will be the last word on my lips when I pass and the first word I utter in the Great Hall.” Rugerius convulsed and fresh blood dripped from his lips. “I’m not going to make it. Oh, I am so cold.”
Gisele found herself trembling but not for reasons she had supposed. Deep in her heart there was an honest concern for the health and wellbeing of this beastly stranger. He had no right to any of her kindnesses and yet, she felt virtue swelling up inside of her.
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Pero sat helpless and watched Anthea go through the motions, hands feeling the air as she whispered Pero’s name.
“I don’t know how to reach her,” Pero declared.
“Listen,” Avenel said. “The universe is not limited by the expressions of our human form. Everything that is alive has a way to communicate. Listen and stop trusting your senses. She doesn’t have hers.”
“That makes no sense,” Pero said, frustrated. “None of this makes any sense. How do you reach someone who doesn’t have any senses?”

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