“He couldn’t save my life, but he brought me to a place where I could still watch over my family. He turned Sarita into a flock of crows, so she could fly far away. I hear she’s back in Seville. And you never met Raul, but he was suffering too. We had no words for depression in those days, but I feared what would have happened to him should he be left untreated. Nicolas sent him to the Court of Golden Sands, in the realm of the fey, where the best of their mind-healers conduct their research. As far as I know, Raul still lives among them.”
