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Arcane Traditions
Varinya Ravenwood was a vision. Gretchen, who had been told all her life that her key accomplishment was her Quinlanden beauty, shifted around in her seat, inexplicably thinking, suddenly, of her waistline, and whether her hair was looking especially dull that day.
The Ravenwoods’ visit to Wulfsgate as Gretchen and Holden were departing for Termonglen had been brief and hurried, her mind fixed on what was ahead. Now, they had no excuse to turn them away, and it seemed this time they’d expect her to play the role of gracious host.
She’d met the priestess before recent events, though there’d been many years between their last meeting and these. Gretchen was chasing Christian and Drystan around the keep, and Varinya was preparing for her Langenacht, which, though she
