Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (56 page)

L
ittl
e
c
h
il
dr
e
n
s
i
ng
t
o
t
he
g
l
ory
of
t
he
S
o
rdar
i
ns.
Young
l
ads
p
ra
i
se
t
h
ei
r
h
e
ro
e
s
of
t
he
past
w
it
h
d
r
e
ams
of
f
o
ll
ow
i
ng
w
it
h
i
n
t
h
ei
r
f
oo
t
s
te
ps.
O
l
d
m
e
n
b
a
sk
i
n
t
he
d
ee
ds
of ano
t
h
e
r
ti
m
e
,
a
ti
me
wh
e
n
t
he
S
o
rdar
i
ns
c
r
u
sh
e
d
t
he
i
mp
e
nd
i
ng
t
hr
e
at
and
on
c
e
m
o
re S
c
ar
l
ad
i
n
was
s
a
fe
.

The
m
i
gh
t
y
Sord
a
r
i
ns,
ru
le
rs
of
t
he
s
ky
!
The
p
e
op
l
e
l
ook
h
i
gh
up
i
n
t
he
cl
ouds
and s
e
e
t
h
ei
r wa
r
r
i
ors
so
a
r
i
ng
und
e
r
t
he
sun
and
k
now
t
h
e
y
are
sa
f
e
and
s
ec
ure
i
n
t
h
ei
r

wor
l
d;
t
h
e
y
n
eve
r
t
o
ha
v
e
t
o
w
o
rry
about
t
he
t
hr
e
at
of
t
he
A
ra
c
hn
i
d
e
ans
or
t
he
dr
e
ad
e
d
A
sm
e
oda
i
,
t
he
on
e
s
whose
qu
e
st
s
eek
s
on
l
y
t
o
d
e
s
t
roy
a
l
l
t
he
S
o
rdar
i
ns
ha
v
e
eve
r
k
nown!

The
Sordar
i
ns
ha
v
e
s
le
pt
w
el
l
o
ve
r
t
he
ye
ars
s
ec
ure
i
n
t
h
ei
r
k
now
le
dge
t
he
G
r
e
at One
wa
tc
h
e
s
o
ve
r
t
h
e
m,
k
now
i
ng
t
hat
t
he
le
g
e
nds
ho
l
d
a
m
i
gh
t
y
warr
i
or
w
il
l
e
m
e
rge
i
f
t
hr
e
a
te
n
e
d
aga
i
n,
b
o
rn
w
it
h
a
d
e
s
ti
ny
on
l
y
t
o
d
efe
nd
t
h
ei
r
wor
l
d.

B
ut
sub
tl
e
c
hang
e
s
ha
v
e
e
m
e
rg
e
d.
L
ittl
e
by
littl
e
fe
ar
b
e
g
i
ns
t
o
r
e
sur
f
a
c
e
t
hat
t
h
ei
r wor
l
d;
t
h
ei
r
ve
ry
exi
s
te
n
c
e
i
s
on
c
e
aga
i
n
t
hr
e
a
te
n
e
d.
Th
e
y
l
ook
t
o
t
he
s
kie
s
an
xi
ous
l
y awa
iti
ng
t
h
ei
r
wa
r
r
i
or;
qu
e
s
ti
on
i
ng
p
e
r
c
han
c
e
i
f
t
he
Gr
e
at
One
has
f
orgo
tte
n
t
h
e
m.

I
k
now
t
h
i
s
how?
F
or
I
am
t
he
one
born
t
o
d
efe
nd
t
h
ei
r
w
o
r
l
d.
I,
K
el
a
Ca
lle
dwd
e
l
e
, was
born
a
E
u
c
houn.
I
am
t
h
ei
r
warr
i
or
.

E
XC
E
RPT

T
he
t
r
ai
l
b
ac
k
t
o
t
he
c
o
tta
ge w
a
s
w
el
l
worn,
but
a
l
ong
w
al
k.
I
d
i
dn’t
ca
r
e
.
I
n
ee
d
e
d
t
he
time
.
T
he
s
ounds
of
t
he
F
or
e
st
s
urround
e
d
me
.
Soun
d
s
t
h
a
t
now
I
found
c
o
m
fort
i
n. Sudd
e
n
l
y
ov
e
r
h
ea
d
a
s
h
a
dow
a
pp
ea
r
e
d
s
il
hou
ette
d
t
he
ground
b
e
n
eat
h
m
e
from
t
he
m
oon
l
i
gh
t
. I
l
ook
up
a
s
I
clim
b
e
d
ov
e
r
a
s
m
al
l
ro
c
ky
h
ill
.
I
g
la
n
ce
d
upw
a
rd
wond
e
r
i
ng who
w
a
s
lea
v
i
ng
t
he
ca
s
tle
.