Chapter 126

"Call it whatever makes you feel better. It hardly matters now. It's just one more piece of the puzzle, and now they're all fitting together a little too neatly.

"He told me it wasn't your fate to save Him. He told me--"

"You don't even *believe* in fate!"

"No, but *you* do, and apparently it bloody matters. He told me I have more than one calling, and that part of my job was to make sure you keep choosing yourself. What d'you think that means, Aisling?"

Wil shook his head. "I don't know what--"

"You do." Dallin tightened his grip on Wil's arms until Wil had to hold back a yip. "You know exactly what it means. Guardian, Watcher, Guide, and whatever other names are mine--what's the other, Wil? What's the one name that fits here? You *know* it--it's the first name you ever called me by."