The Dog Master
““I do not understand,” he whispered.
Calli bit back her tears. “This is the only way, Mal. Albi has convinced the women you are the reason so many bad things are happening to the Kindred. She wanted to see you … to see you killed.”
“Do you think I am the reason?” Mal blurted, anguished.
Calli looked at him and once again saw not the man he was becoming but the child he had been, so wounded and vulnerable it was everything she could do to prevent herself from pulling him to her in a protective h...ug. “Mal. Neither you nor your leg has anything to do with anything,” she replied in a low, even voice. “This is an attempt by a wicked, wicked woman to twist things to her own advantage. Understand me?”
“Then why must I go off by myself? It’s ridiculous. No one can go off by himself.”
“It is the only way you can escape the danger,” Calli pleaded, swallowing down her feelings. If she thought about her son out there alone, it made her wild with fear. “Until I can talk to Urs.MoreLess
Calli bit back her tears. “This is the only way, Mal. Albi has convinced the women you are the reason so many bad things are happening to the Kindred. She wanted to see you … to see you killed.”
“Do you think I am the reason?” Mal blurted, anguished.
Calli looked at him and once again saw not the man he was becoming but the child he had been, so wounded and vulnerable it was everything she could do to prevent herself from pulling him to her in a protective h...ug. “Mal. Neither you nor your leg has anything to do with anything,” she replied in a low, even voice. “This is an attempt by a wicked, wicked woman to twist things to her own advantage. Understand me?”
“Then why must I go off by myself? It’s ridiculous. No one can go off by himself.”
“It is the only way you can escape the danger,” Calli pleaded, swallowing down her feelings. If she thought about her son out there alone, it made her wild with fear. “Until I can talk to Urs.MoreLess
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