07/02/2026 19:30

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it is the only sorcery I need! She traced with her smooth finger a little line beneath Morgaine's eye, and said, I recommend it to you, my dear, or you will grow old and cross . me for long and long I renounced it, but as I say, it steals upon me unawares, and never has it played me false. At least we will know where we have come! If indeed we have come anywhere and have not wandered somehow into the fairy country, murmured one of the women, surreptitiously crossing herself. Nimue, will you come to my bed? She whispered, I am frightened .

And for the first time in many days, I slept. Perhaps all Morgaine's mockery was a defense against Gwenhwyfar's own pride, her scorn of the sorceresses of Avalon. Gwenhwyfar burst into tears again. He took her silence for consent and drew her close, nuzzling at her throat, then pulled her toward the bed.