As he turned from the window, he caught sight of an image in the wall mirrora"a man with light honey-gold skin and snow-white hair, and white eyebrows, yet the face was yet that of a man young and in his prime, if haggard, except for the darkness in the black eyes, a darkness that went beyond mere black. For a moment, if only a moment, he wondered who that man might be, that man of winter.

Who indeed, to have done what has been done?

"Dearest a you have me a and you have our daughter."

Quaeryt stopped, then turned back to her, forcing a smile, sad as he knew it to be. "Yes, I do." And I will need you both a more than even you know.

"And we have our dreamsa"

Ah, yes, the dreams of what will be a He kept smiling, hard as it was. "For them, for our daughter a there is tomorrow." When all will change, change utterly.

Tor Books by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

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L. E. Modesitt, Jr., is the New York Times bestselling author of the Saga of Recluce. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.

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