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"She's just looking out for our best interests," Ward says. "Believe it or not, she's looking after yours, too. Say the wrong thing to the wrong person and we're all toast. Sad but true."

Sevinc shakes her head. "Agad the Imperishable, we're just doing what we need to do to survive. I could have wiped your whole memory of the last few minutes even easier, but I didn't. And I'm not powerful enough to make that directive stick forever. You're new and I needed to be sure—you'd have done the same thing in my situation. Now get moving. You have your people waiting for you outside the lobby." She follows Ward further down the stairs, descending into the basement parking garage. You consider following them, but it wouldn't do you any good. You're needed outside.

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Epilogue

"Change is inevitable—it comes for us all—but we must guide it by the hand like a lover or it will destroy everything we have wrought. Every one of our stories has a beginning and an end, but we Kindred are unique in that we have the enviable opportunity to start anew. Death and rebirth. What path will Agad the Imperishable tread in his next life, I wonder?"—from the journals of Arundel, Prince of Ottawa

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