Ylona smiled, and some subtle quality about that smile struck me as… odd. I suffered a sudden, horrible doubt.
Was this Ylona? I had briefly forgotten how easy it was for some Lokants to disguise themselves, to make me believe that I saw someone else instead. Had Dwinal decided to test me? Was I fooled? Was Gio fooled? I looked sharply at him, but detected no signs of unease in his characteristically impassive face.
Ylona grinned, guessing my thoughts. ‘Confusing creatures, are we not? Don’t worry, I am not Dwinal. How is Adonia getting along?’
I could see she meant this as proof that she could not possibly be Dwinal, for otherwise how would she know that “Heliandor” had been so friendly with my assistant? But it only enhanced my confusion, because I had no proof that Ylona had been the
