Maria V. Snyder - Poison Study

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I'd better get going or Valek will be wondering where I am. Yes, by all means go. I noticed you and Valek have become close. Tell him, for me, not to kill anybody, will you? Sarcasm rendered Rand's voice sharp. I lost control and slammed the oven door shut. It echoed in the quiet kitchen. At least Valek has the decency to inform me when he's poisoning me,

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I did what any good rat would do. I bit down on the guard's hand until I tasted blood.

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Why did Mother ask you to help me rescue Gelsi?" I asked Leif. "She thought I could assist you in some way. Instead, I had tried to-" "Kill me? You can join the 'I Want to Kill Yelena Guild.' I hear they have six members in good standing. Valek is president since he had wanted to kill me twice." —Yelena to Leif

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There's always another storm. It's the way the world works. Snowstorms, rainstorms, windstorms, sandstorms, and firestorms. Some are fierce and others are small. You have to deal with each one separately, but you need to keep an eye on whats brewing for tomorrow.

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It's a dirty way to fight, but I'm late for lunch." - Valek to Yelena

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Poisoned, pursued and living with a psychopath. Not what I would consider the good life. Death has its perks.

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Don't worry. I'm only your escort tonight. I would offer to protect you from the drunken attentions of the other men, but I know all to well that you're quite capagble of holding your own. You're probably armed. Right?" Always.

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You asked how I can be so calm. I don't have time not to be. I would like to grieve and worry and carry on, but that doesn't achieve results.

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Don't feel ashamed for having those feelings and those memories. What happened in the past can't be changed, but they can be a guide for what happens in the future." - Yelena

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But it seems there is more than one way to poison a person's heart, and it doesn't require a meal.

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Pretty stupid, I called after his retreating form. To give up before all possible solutions have been tried.

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Nothing like having a warrant for your execution to get a girl motivated.

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I peered deeper and found my soul. A little tattered and with some holes, but there all the same. It had always been there, I realized with shock.

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To Yelena, our newest food taster. May you last longer than your predecessor.

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I had hoped to hear everyone discussing how much they missed my altruistic qualities, my legendary skills as a fighter and as a lover." He leered. "Instead, you're making plans for tomorrow. Interesting how life goes on in spite of itself.

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Living is a risk," I snapped at him. "Every decision, every interaction, every step, every time you get out of bed in the morning, you take a risk. To survive is to know you're taking that risk and to not get out of bed clutching illusions of safety.

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Valek's thoughts returned to Yelena. An icy finger of loneliness touched the emptiness inside him. She was in Sitia, where she needed to be to learn about her magical powers, but she had taken his heart with her.

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But you've slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.

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Only Valek would consider an attempt on my life a fascinating diversion.

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In the end, only Leif believed that you were still alive. He thought you might be hiding somewhere, playing a game. As the rest of us grieved, Leif searched the jungle for you day after day. When did he finally stop? I asked. Yesterday.

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An execution order hasn't kept us apart before. There are ways to get around it. We will be together. Is that an order? No, a promise.

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Your mother sounds like a formidable woman," Valek said into the silence. "You have no idea," Leif replied with a sigh. "Well, if she's anything like Yelena, my deepest sympathies," Valek teased. "Hey!" Leif laughed and the tense moment dissipated. Valek handed Leif his machete. "Do you know how to use it?" "Of course. I chopped Yelena's bow into firewood," Leif joked.

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You're better off fighting hand to hand than wielding a weapon you don't know how to use. A skilled opponent would simply disarm you. Then your troubles would be doubled. Not only would you be under attack, but you'd have to counter your own weapon

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Valek leaned back in his chair and said to me, I don't think I would have made it past the audition, Yelena. I probably would have set my hair on fire by this point. What's a singed head for the sake of art? I teased. He laughed.

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I'll have you know that the most delicate flowers often produce the strongest scent when crushed.

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Back so soon?" he asked. "Too bad. I was just about to organize a search for your dead body. What happened when you knocked on the southerner magician's door to sacrifice yourself? Did they kick you out, thinking you too half-witted to waste their time on?

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I gave him a bored look. I had been threatened many times before and had learned that the men who didn't make verbal threats were the most dangerous.

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Knowledge, whatever the form, could be as effective as a weapon.

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Reviewing our fight, I asked Janco, Why do you rhyme when you fight?

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Every person has the latent ability to read minds and influence the physical world without touching it, but they don't have the ability to connect with the power source.

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