Yserria tugged at the torque. “You stole this from the neck of the leader of the Adana’Ro?” She tugged at it again, but it would not budge. Rezkin told her, “Stop pulling at it, or you will hurt yourself. It is enchanted not to come off unless removed by the person who clasped it shut.” “But you removed it from the great mother,” Wesson observed as he stood to examine the torque. “And you would have to have done it quickly, or she would have noticed.” “She was rather distracted,” Rezkin replied. Malcius seemed even more frustrated when he said, “I recall that you were nude. Why were you so
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