Chapter 552

• She reached up as she had with her brother, brushing his lips first, then his eyes, his cheeks and finally his ear. Her lips trembled infinitesimally and for a moment, he thought he heard the words of a spell; but then she was kissing him once more, hard and passionately as if it would be the last time their lips would ever touch.
• "We must buy Gard time, Callain. He must be far away before he feels the first blow."
• "Ana?" Fear flowed through him at her words and at the tears that slowly dripped down her cheeks.