Thorn’s memory was a family power? “If you say so,” she stammered, “but I don’t understand what his memory and our marriage have got to do with this reading.” Berenilde burst into laughter. “They’ve got absolutely everything to do with it! Have you been told about the ceremony of the Gift? It enables family powers to be combined. This ceremony takes place at marriages, and only at marriages. It’s Thorn who will be Farouk’s reader, not you.” It took a considerable time for Ophelia to take in what Berenilde was telling her. “You want to transplant my skills as a reader onto his memory?” “The
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