And he stood upon the summit, exactly where the... And he stood upon the summit, exactly where the shadow-figure had stood, and he looked away to the west, toward all the empty valleys and ruined hills beyond, and saw nothingThere was no one there at all
He turned quickly north and then south, his chest heaving, and saw that the army of the Others, too, seemed to have entirely melted awayHe spun back to the west and then he understood
The green moon had set
He was alone in this wasteland under a clear, high dome of brilliant, alien stars and Tigana was no nearer to coming back than it had ever beenAnd his father was still dead and would never come back to him, and his mother and sister were dead, or lost somewhere in the world
Baerd sank to his
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Elena reached the hill and began to climbShe was breathless from running but the slope was not steepMattio had grabbed her arm when she started to enter the riverHe had said it might mean death to be among the ruined lands after moonset, but Donar had told her it would be all right nowDonar had been unable to stop smiling since Baerd had made the shadow-figure
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Most of the Walkers had gone back, wounded and weary, intoxicated with triumph, to the field where they had claimed their weaponsFrom there they would be drawn home before sunriseSo it had always happened
Carefully avoiding Mattio's eyes, Elena had crossed the river and come after BaerdBehind her as she went she could hear the singing beginShe knew what would follow in the sheltering hollows and the darkness of that field after an Ember victoryElena felt her pulse accelerate with the very thoughtShe could guess what Mattio's face would have revealed as she walked away from him into the river and then acrossIn her heart she offered him an
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Baerd was sitting on the crown of the hill, where the shadow-figure had stood in front of the setting moon just before he fledHe glanced up as she approached, and a queer, frightened expression flickered for an instant across his face in the starlit dark
Elena stopped, uncertain
"It is only me," she said, trying to catch her breath
He was silent a moment"I'm sorry," he said"I wasn't expecting anyonefor a moment you looked almost exactly like a like something I saw once as a boySomething that changed my
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Elena didn't know what to say to thatShe had thought no further than getting hereNow that she had found him she was suddenly unsure of herself againShe sat down on the dead earth facing himHe watched her, but said nothing else
She took a deep breath and said, bravely, "You should have expected someoneYou should have known that I would come She swallowed hard, her heart pounding
For a long moment Baerd was very still, his head tilted a little to one side, as if listening to the echo of her wordsIt lit up his young, too thin face and the hollow, wounded eyes
"Thank you," he said"Thank you for that, Elena It was the first time he'd used her nameIn the distance they could hear the singing from the
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