Almost out of instinct, I picked up my cell phone - I didn't have a landline in the apartment - and dialed the Maynard's number. It wasn't something ... thought about or planned, but now I felt an urge to talk to Natalie.To my surprise, I heard John's voice answer."Hello?" he asked over the line. I hung up and tossed the phone on the bed.I let my heart slow from a pounding to something approximating normal, and wondered why the sound of his voice made me feel afraid.Suddenly my cell phone rang.. Pan dete tula majhe doodh’. Taai majhya shejari uthoon ubhi rahili and khali vakli. Ticha gargareet gols majhya tondasamor dharla. Mee tiche bond tondat ghele ani jorjorat chokhoo laglo. Taai ne majha haat tichya dustya golyavar dabla. Sayliche chokhne chalooch hote. Ata Sayli majha sotya chokhat hoti and ek haat aplyach puchchit ghalat hoti. Daha minitat majhya sotya purna tathla. Mag Sayli ne tyala tondatoon baher kadhle and tyakadi taak lavoon baghitle. Tee taai la mhanali, ‘Aga, changla. .. No. Rithi would see this as a breaking of our deal. No choice. Better for Kora and my women to live hating me than to die today.Kora and Ava reached the summit. They were at the altar. It was about to be over. It was all going to change. I couldn’t believe it. I only had to walk up the last dozen or so feet and witness the end of my harem.“Gods damn it all,” I muttered, rubbing at my neck.“Master?” Zanyia asked as I stopped. “What’s wrong?”“I...” I turned around, looking down the slope of. It was not something she could explain in words, as it was more emotional than logical. But she had to trust him enough to get to that point in the first place. Normally she would not think twice about a casual liaison, but it seemed wrong here somehow.She settled back in her seat and hoped she would remain awake long enough to hear Tarras' speech.Q'yros came away from the meeting chamber even more irritated than when he first arose that morning.The magic he was channeling into the spell to.