“Did the Council carve it out?” “Nah,” I said. “That would have been too much like work. Rumor has it that it used to be the palace of the lord of the Daoine Sidhe. That the original Merlin won it from him in a bet.” “Like, Merlin Merlin?” she asked. “Sword in the stone and so on?” “Same guy,” I said. “Doubt he was much like in the movies.” “Wrote the Laws of Magic, founded the White Council, was custodian of one of the Swords and established a stronghold for the Council, too,” Molly said. “He must have been something else.” “He must have been a real bastard,” I said. “Guys who get their name
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