Rowan POVI caught Calista at the east of the fortress.I shifted back at the bottom of the descent and stood in the road and waited,her horsecame around the bend and saw me.Calista held her seat,she always has been an excellent rider.She looked down at me from the rearing horse with those sharp blue eyes.Which should not have been possible for a woman whose plan had just partiallycollapsed but Calista Wynter had never done anything that should not have beenpossible."Rowan," she said pleasantly."Get off the horse," I said."I'd rather not," she said."Calista," I said.She looked at me,the jaw wound on the back of my neck and the blood on my forearmsfrom the wall walk.She dismounted and stood in the mountain road with her hair disordered from the ride."The sealed document," I said.She looked at me."The third item,give it to me." I said. "No," she said simply."Rowan,whatever you intend to do with it you don't understand what it is. Which meansyou don'
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