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Ramil met Tashi's eyes with a mischievous look. "Now Wife we have a long voyage ahead of us with no interruptions, no affairs of state to sidetrack us." He brushed his fingers againist the lacings of her neck. "Isn't it time you returned that shirt to its owner?" --
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And as Prince Ramil has insulted you by choosing another wife than the one you proposed for him, you'll want to cast him out too," she suggested slyly. "Oh, undoubtedly," murmed Ramil. "Do cast me out."
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My life flies away like a dream: Why should I stay behind?
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There is no mythical creatures just creatures man ran in to hiding.
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They strip-searched me!" he burst out. "Me! Old enough to be their grandfather and they made me stand naked in the road, my things all unpacked in the mud!"
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Sorry Johnny." "Sorry for what " "For shouting at you. It's just that when I think about the future I keep panicking. It's like falling from the top of the stairs in the dark not knowing where I'll end up." He put his arm around my shoulders. "I understand. Life is precarious for most of us but more so for you. What you forget is what most of your friends see in you." "What's that " "The ability to beat the odds..." "And fall on my ..
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I am here merely as a messenger. Tashi sends her love and returns your horse.
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I think I want to kiss you again,
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Ramil sighed with relief when the talkative landlord finally decided to go, but he didn't get very far with his supper before Tashi swatted him in the stomach. "Hot coals? Stringy hair?" He laughed. "Shh! You know I was only saying what I had to say in front of him." "But those words occurred to you--you must have thought them!" Ramil scratched his head, knowing that he was probably damned whatever he said now. "Well, your eyes can blaze wh..
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My mother is a muttonhead.
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Nerul passed Tashi a cup of hot kava. "I have given thought overnight to your travels and have some suggestions to make. The first is that you should take one of my people with you as a guide, at least for the part of the road that lies through Kandar. Melletin has volunteered. He says he owes you for the lesson you taught him on your first meeting." Tashi furrowed her brow. "What lesson was that?" Melletin grinned and touched his forehead...
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Sorry about that," Ramil said awkwardly, gesturing to himself and then into the hall. "The messenger made it sound as if I had to come at once." "A wise king never hurries without knowing to what he goes," said Lagan, quoting from the Book of Monarchs,one of Ramil's least favorite texts from his days in the schoolroom. "Yes, but the wise son jumps when his father whistles," Ramil countered."
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At the very least, I hope it means I will get my Briony back again. I know, I'll hold a party for her--and take her on a pony ride--I think that will be quite in order, if I can be spared from my official duties for the afternoon." "You're the King," Taris reminded him with a smile. "But you're my conscience, Taris, you know that." "Then your conscience says we should keep his highness's current location secret, but an announcement of his e..
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On hearing the jingle of harness behind them, they turned. Melletin and Yelena were fast catching up, both grinning broadly. "How did it go?" Ramil called. "Would you believe it: he threatened to lock me up in his mother's house if I didn't behave!" exclaimed Yelena, sticking her tongue out at Melletin. "I threw a roll at him and he clipped me around the ear. The soldiers were all about to beat him up when I burst into tears and begged his ..
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We'll stick close together, but make no sign we are acquainted. The girls should go ahead so that they get through first. We'll follow close behind to be there for any trouble." "Don't worry, my dears," said the professor gallantly, "I'll rescue you from any difficulties." Yelena laughed and kissed the old man on the cheek. "Of course you will. I don't know why we bother with these other men, do you, Tashi?" "But they are decorative, aren't..
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Tashi, you know I love you, don't you?" he said sofly in her ear. She smiled: trust the son of a Horse Follower to woo in the saddle. "I thought we were already betrothed." "You broke it off, remember." He kissed the top of her head. "Oh yes, I suppose I did. I'm sorry about that." "I didn't deserve you. I don't deserve you now." "Well, as long as you know that." She turned and gave him a mischievous smile."
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Send out the whisper," Ramil told Melletin, "starting with all Brigardians in the pens. Tell them the Dark Prince who escaped Fergox has come to lead them--" "But you're in the cage with them," Melletin pointed out. Ramil shrugged. "They don't need to know that. Keep it vague and majestic."
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Call me Ram. It's what my friends all call me." "In that case, I'm Tashi." She paused. "But that's not what my friends call me back home." "What do they call you?" "The Princess Taoshira, Fourth Crown Princess of the Blue Crescent Islands and dependent territories. We're very formal, you know." Ramil smiled. "I've noticed. And I also think, Princess Taoshira of the rest of it, that you are making a joke." Tashi nodded, her face wrinkling in..
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Ram, can't you see it doesn't matter anymore what I do, but you, you're still needed at home. You go. If my people are still there, tell them the truth. Let them rejoice that Fergox took me away before I could do any more damage to my country." "No, I refuse that mission, Princess. See, you are still ordering me around like a ruler--it's in you, it's what you are meant to be, no matter what others are telling you. I've given my word that I'..
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What do you want to know, my pretty?" Gordoc asked, his expression one of puzzlement. "Do you want me to scare Merl off--thump him for you? Just tell him your Uncle Gordoc will have words with him if he offends you." "No, no, I don't mean that." Tashi smiled. "He's not insulted me--at least, not by Eastern standards, I suppose." She wrinkled her nose. "What's he done?" growled Ramil. "Well, first there's the gifts--flowers and jewelry, main..
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I take it, Professor, this is not only a social visit?" he asked, his voice almost normal. "No, of course not. I've come to ask why on earth you haven't called on me before now?" Ramil took a step back. "Er . . . well, we've been a bit busy, Professor." "I can see that for myself. I had a terrible job getting here: they've ringed you off with troops five men deep. I had to crawl through the tunnels and some of them are in a disgusting state..
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Where did you say you were from, girl?" Uniloma asked gruffly one morning. The vessel was far out to sea, giving a wide berth to the coastline of western Holt and any bold pirate vessel. "From Kai." "And your name?" "Taoshira." Tashi did not risk giving her title again but neither was she going to lie. Uniloma clucked in irritation. "My family and friends call me Tashi." "I'll call you Tashi then. I'm not using a princess's name for you." T..
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Tashi, look at me." "I am." "But I can't see you through that veil." "Then you'll just have to trust me." Ramil smiled. "I wanted to give you the flower just as a boy would give a girl a present--not because you are a princess, or an ally, or for any of those reasons. It came with no conditions, no schemes, except perhaps the hope that you might like me just a little better." "Then I accept it and thank you." Tashi felt a burst of happiness..
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He looked for his tankard, then remembered he'd thrown it away. "Marl! Bring me more beer!" The serving man appeared in the doorway, fumbling with his apron. "I'm sorry, Your Highness, but His Majesty says you're to be sober for this evening. He asks your lordships to take the Prince to the royal baths and scrub some sense into him." Yendral stood up. "Consider it done. Come on, let's get this pitiful prince of ours fit for his princess." "..
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Melletin jumped up on a barrel beside Ramil. "Brigardians, are you with the Dark Prince?" "Aye!" shouted his countrymen. "What about you other men?" Ramil asked, looking across the crowd of faces drawn from all parts of the Empire. The slave who had challenged him took one look at Yelena, then raised his hand. "I'm in. It seems you might know what you're doing after all." Ramil grinned. "I can't promise that--but I can promise that I'll buy..
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How about," Jane suggested, "some dumb question as to what a refinery does?" "Good idea," fired back Col. "What does a refinery do?" Connie asked. Anneena and Col groaned."
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The Fourth Crown Princess of the blue Cresent Islands had sixteen rituals to observe from the moment of waking to when she broke her fast.
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