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Scene 47




The same scene, but seen through Kit’s one eye.


Kit saw the wolf leap toward the defenseless, kneeling Quicksilver. If any love remained in Kit’s stilled heart, it was his devotion to the dual sovereign of Elvenland.

He jumped forward, at the same time that Ariel did.

He smiled at Ariel, a flashing smile, and didn’t realize that his injury might make it look like a rictus, until he saw her answering, startled gaze.

The elf and the human who loved the same being looked at each other, both with a kind of wonder that the other should feel the same, then turned their attention to their beloved who must be protected.

Quicksilver must be saved, and for that he depended on them now that he was for once too weak to save himself.

Ariel folded herself upon Quicksilver, protecting his body with hers.

Kit interposed himself between them and the wolf’s snarling menace.

“No,” Kit yelled. “No, cur, no, mangy wolf. You shall not have him. Your crimes end here. I’m not afraid of you, for I have died already, and a man can die but once.”

But even as Kit yelled, the wolf jumped through Kit as though Kit weren’t there and set to, growling and snarling, tearing at Ariel’s arm that protected Quicksilver’s face.

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