Gia
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“Gudrun,” the Crone said, turning her strange eyes to me, “You must overcome your fear.”
She knew. She wasn’t talking about fear in battle, facing the dreadful creatures. No, she was talking about Davin. I’d been taught to fight all my life; I’d been coached to act even in the direst of circumstances, but nobody had ever taught me to deal with my emotions, to move past them.
It seemed nearly impossible to change a lifetime of behavior so quickly, and then it hit me. Davin had done precisely that; he had challenged his childhood beliefs and changed the way he acted and thought. At that moment, I realized what a momentous feat he had achieved. He had done it; could I do it too?
I nodded simply, not wanting to discuss it in Davin and Noah’s presence. Heidrun didn’t have much e
