"How did you come to be in this castle with Hywel?" I asked. Was Laszlo here to guard Hywel or was he here waiting for Hywel to awaken? Laszlo set down his fork and knife, and I noticed that his plate was mostly cleared. He'd already been eating when I arrived. I realized with a pinch of hurt that he would rise and leave me here now that he was done. But first he said, "The castle is our home." The meaning struck me immediately. Laszlo was not a guard or a friend or simply someone waiting for a dragon to awaken again. Laszlo was Hywel's lover, alone in this vast castle with the company of
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