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Amber watched her go with her clenched fists on herhips. Penrod and al-Noor kept watch on Ryder's camp until darkness obscuredit, except for the area in front of the main tent, which was dimly litby an oil lamp. She knows about this disease. Darkness fell hot and heavy as a woollen cloak over the hills, butPenrod waited until Orion the Hunter was at his zenith in the southernsky bef

Her touch was deft and gentle. It was a vaguelyfamiliar sound. They jumped to their stations, shoving and kicking aside the bewilderedask ari and stowaways to give themselves room to work. Penrod moved out swiftly to the right.