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Daemi dreamed of water, hidden depths, writhing nests of serpents, and a voice just at the edge of hearing trying to tell her something important, something she had to know.
She opened her eyes and sat up. Something in the changed sounds of the morning had told her body to react. The next moment the door to their chamber swung open and Lodan’s face appeared.
‘Good, you’re awake. Hurry, we need to get to the castle. There’s been trouble.’
His head disappeared from view before she could ask anything in reply, so she swung her legs out of bed and kicked the bed next to her where Heather still lay deeply asleep.
‘Wake up, princess.’
Heather groaned as she opened her eyes and slowly recognised where she was. ‘Oh. I thought I was back in Redmondis. There was—’
‘Never mind about that. T
