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filled him; what was he to do?
    Just how dependent on his sight he was began to sink in. He wandered around for hours, but never found a clear path out.
    “Feeling trapped, twin king?”
    He cursed and pulled what remained of his sword before him. “Who is there?”
    “What is the matter? Can you not   see,   Koios?” The voice giggled after it asked.
    “Do I know you?” No sword, no sight. No idea where he was, or what threat he faced. True vulnerability; had he ever experienced such before?
    “We have never met, though I do know you.”
    “Then what is it that you want? Where is this place?”
    “This world is my home. And I am called Phaenna.”
    He had heard the name before, but where? He could not recall. “Explain yourself, female.”
    Light feminine laughter surrounded him and bounced off the rock walls. “I explain myself to no one. Best get used to that. You are in my world now.”
    “Why? And where is that bastard Black?”
    Another Laquazzeana trick?    ”What is this about?”
    “Nalik is with his mate, of course. It is where he belongs. He has his soft spots, that male. His female, Aureliana, even young Bronwen. I, on the other hand, have no soft spots.”
    “What is it you seek from me?” A chill had coated his spine and it had nothing to do with being beneath the earth. This creature was dangerous and he half suspect   mad.   Laquazzeana were often said to be insane, after all.
    “It is not what I seek, but what I seek to show you.”
    “What is that?” He had been there when the female Aureliana had been   changed   into a Laquazzeana. He had witnessed with his own eyes the sudden power filling her. And this female had been there as well, hadn’t she?
    Of course she had.   She   had been the damned Beansidhe who had killed more than fifty red demons just with her voice alone. He would never forget that sight.
    “Nalik is far more patient than I.”
    An ephemeral hand grabbed Koios around the neck and shook him. When she was done fucking with him, Koios struggled to pull in even a breath. “Explain, female.”
    “Simpleton, are you not?” She laughed again. “No wonder young Bronwen wishes nothing to do with you. Here is how it will go. I am usually far less direct, but time is of essence now. We cannot afford to wait, even a week. This girl is endangered. You are set to protect her. You cannot do this as you are.”
    “What threatens her? Tell me now and I will dispatch it.”
    “You really think it would work that way? We are facing a war that terrifies those who are more powerful than   gods,   and you think a mere male warrior such as yourself can face such threat?”
    If possible, even more unease filled him. He tried to rise from his knees, but though she never touched his skin, he could feel the cold of her hand on his chest. She held him in place with a force he knew he could not fight.
    This icily powerful female terrified him. Was she as mad as the legends proclaimed? Would he be best served by feigning a humility that he had been bred to disdain?
    Koios lowered his head reverently. “My lady, tell me that which you need of me so that I may serve you.”
    She laughed. “Think you I do not know your heart, warrior? I sense deception as easily as you can smell the sageplant on the wind in your world.    But I   will   take you up on your foolish offer, because I have need of you now. Humility that is without truth behind it is a nasty thing. And serves neither of us well.”
    The chastisement sat ill with him, but he looked at the female as he managed to get to his feet. His sight had returned fully, but he found it too difficult to look directly at her. “What do you want from me?”
    “War comes. The girl will be right in the middle of it, if she is not already. You must understand this , she has a destiny you and I cannot be privy to. And these   wars   we will face, wars that threaten us all, hinge upon her and her actions. She cannot be worried and