The Assassin and the Healer

The girl wore her scars the way some women wore their finest jewelry.

Let me give you a bit of advice.' the girl said bitterly, 'from one working girl to another; life isn't easy, no matter where you are. You'll make choices you think are right and then suffer for them.' Those remarkable eyes flickered. 'So if you're going to be miserable, you might as well go to Antica and be miserable in the shadow of the Torre Cesme.

The girl was alluring. Like wildfire, or a summer storm swept off the Gulf of Oro.

Let me give you a bit of advice," the girl said bitterly, "from one working girl to another: Life isn't easy, no matter where you are. You'll make choices you think are right, and then suffer for them." Those remarkable eyes flickered. " So if you're going to be miserable, you mights well go.

She offered no explanation for them, and it seemed to Yrene that the girl wore her scars the way some women wore their finest jewelry.