Is there anything else you haven't told me?'My head spun. So much had happened and we still needed to stop a powerful magician. Death was a real possibility. I needed Valek to know how I felt.'I love you'Valek wrapped me in his arms. 'My love has been yours since the fire festival. If those goons had killed you, I knew then that I would never be the same. I didn't want or expect this. But I couldn't resist you.

— Maria V. Snyder
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