Blood From a Stone (120 page)

I
t
w
as
f
orb
i
dden
f
or
a
W
a
t
cher
/
G
uard
i
a
n
t
o d
i
sc
l
ose how
t
o
break
a
curse.
Just
as
t
he
pr
i
es
t
ess had sa
i
d, each carr
i
es
a
burden
of
t
he
i
r
o
w
n choos
i
ng.
O
ne d
i
c
t
a
t
ed by
t
he pa
t
h
t
hey
‘
d
w
a
l
ked.
A
nd
on
l
y by
t
he
i
r o
w
n choos
i
ng and
t
he pa
t
h
t
hey
w
a
l
k can
t
hey
undo
it
.

She
m
ay
not
be
ab
l
e
t
o
t
e
l
l
h
i
m how
his
curse
w
orked or
w
hat
w
ou
l
d
break
it
,
but
she
cou
l
d
m
ake
her
pre
s
ence kno
w
n
and
l
eave
c
l
ues
t
hat
m
i
ght
gu
i
de
h
i
m
i
n
t
he
ri
ght d
i
re
c
ti
on.
A
nd so she
w
ou
l
d.

M
ax
i
m
us
w
ou
l
dn
’
t
approve,
she
w
as
cer
t
a
i
n, and
i
n
f
act
he
w
ou
l
d
f
orb
i
d
her
t
o
do
such
a
t
h
i
ng.
So
w
ou
l
d
t
he o
t
her
W
a
t
chers.
She had a
l
ready broken
t
he ru
l
es by
a
l
l
o
w
i
ng
t
he
C
hange
li
ng
t
o
see
her
at
a
ll
.
B
ut
w
hen
had
she
ever
g
i
ven a
da
m
ned
about
obey
i
ng ru
l
es, or
M
ax
i
m
us
or
anyone
e
l
se
f
or
t
hat
m
a
tt
er?
W
e
ll-
behaved
w
o
m
en…or
G
uard
i
ans, cer
t
a
i
n
l
y
w
ere
not
t
he
ones
w
ho
m
ade h
i
s
t
ory.
A
nd she
i
n
t
end
e
d
t
o he
l
p shape h
i
s
t
ory.

She
s
m
il
ed
as she sh
i
mm
ered back
t
o
t
h
e
i
r
d
i
m
ens
i
on
t
o
w
a
t
ch
and
w
a
i
t
f
or
t
he
r
i
ght
m
o
m
ent
t
o
m
ake
her
s
e
l
f
seen aga
i
n…and heard.

S
a
m
son
d
r
o
v
e
t
he
sho
r
t
d
i
s
t
ance
t
o
h
i
s
ne
w
l
y
r
en
t
ed apa
rt
m
ent
ponde
ri
ng
w
hat
had
j
ust
tr
ansp
ir
ed
be
t
w
e
e
n
h
i
m
se
l
f and
W
ill
ow
a
f
ew
m
i
nu
t
es
a
g
o.
S
he
hadn
’
t
t
as
t
ed
h
i
s
b
l
ood and
y
e
t
,
he
had
so
m
ehow
m
e
r
g
ed
w
it
h
her
soul
f
or
a
sp
li
t s
e
cond.
A
nd
he
w
as
e
v
en
m
o
r
e
ba
ffl
ed
by
t
he
st
r
an
g
e
‘
appa
riti
on’
he
’
d  seen  s
t
and
i
ng
ou
t
s
i
de
on
her
fr
o
n
t
po
r
ch be
f
o
r
e
t
he
y
’
d
r
e
tr
ea
t
ed
i
ns
i
de.
I
t
had
on
l
y
l
as
t
ed
f
or
a
m
o
m
ent but
i
t
w
as
l
ong
enou
g
h
f
or
h
i
m
t
o
m
a
k
e
out
t
he
f
a
d
ed,
g
hos
t
-
li
k
e
ou
tli
ne
of
a
g
o
l
den
be
i
ng  of
li
g
ht
i
n 
t
he  sha
p
e  of
a
w
o
m
an.
S
he
w
as
tr
anspa
r
ent
and
g
o
l
d
en….
w
ea
ri
ng so
m
e
k
i
nd of
l
on
g
,
w
i
spy
g
a
r
m
en
t
.
T
he
w
o
r
d
‘
an
g
e
l
‘
ca
m
e
t
o
m
i
nd,
but
he d
i
dn
‘
t
be
li
e
v
e
i
n any
of
t
hat
c
r
ap.

H
e
be
li
e
v
ed
i
n
cu
r
ses…and
t
he
de
v
il
.
Y
es,
he
‘
d
m
et
t
he
de
v
i
l
a
lri
g
ht
and
she
w
as
a p
ri
es
t
ess
of
t
he
T
ua
t
ha
de
D
’
anaan
w
ho
’
d
u
tt
e
r
ed
so
m
e
s
tr
an
g
e
t
h
i
ng about
b
l
ood co
n
g
ea
li
n
g
,
ti
m
e
s
t
and
i
ng
s
til
l
and
m
an
and
s
t
one
be
i
ng
one and
t
he
sa
m
e.
T
hey ce
rt
a
i
n
l
y
w
e
r
e…because
he
r
e
he
w
as.
B
ut a
n
g
e
l
s?