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  1. Cynthia Voigt _ Elske

    On this road they saw some other men, fishers and farmers Elske was told; some of the men were accompanied by women whose hair was wrapped around with colored cloths. These men and women stared at Elske, in her fur boots and wolfskin cloak, but when she stared back and them they looked away.
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  2. Cynthia Voigt _ Elske

    She held her right hand out to Elske, as if they were two merchants closing on a sale, and she bowed her head to Elske, as if they were two swordsmen ending a match, and she looked Elske in the eye, as if they were Wolfer captains, about to risk their lives in battle.
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  3. Cynthia Voigt _ Elske

    Elske screamed, too. But when Elske screamed, it was the war cry of the Volkaric that came out of her mouth, a howling like the voice of a wolf. The cry wound around the narrow streets as if they were in the wild and merciless northlands.
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  4. Cynthia Voigt _ Elske

    Night's darkness cloaked Elske, covering her as the winter snows cover mountains, from peak to foot. Elske moved with the weight of darkness on her shoulders, on her head; and she tasted it in her mouth like the flavorless rills that ran so fast in spring melts.
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  5. Cynthia Voigt _ Elske

    Beriel shone with it, like a sun, the Queen in her Kingdom. It was as if each breath she drew increased her pleasure, breathing that air. It was as if each hoof the chestnut planted onto the earth increased her strength.
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  6. Cynthia Voigt _ Elske

    It seemed to her that, except to marry, the women of Trastad feared men, except for their fathers, and brothers; and the fathers, brothers and husbands mistrusted all other men.
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  7. Cynthia Voigt _ Elske

    Beriel gave this gift to Elske carelessly, as if to be trusted were the common fortune. But Elske opened her heart to take the gift into her care as if it were a babe.
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  8. Cynthia Voigt _ Elske

    As best she could, in her secluded position, she was considering how she might secure further choices, and what they might be - once this, her first free choice, had played itself out.
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  9. Cynthia Voigt _ Elske

    At Beriel's silence she turned around -- and fury crashed against her like a wave thrown by a storm against the rocky coast.
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