The Deer Leap (28 page)

Neahle was wild-eyed. Slowly, she bent down, then simply lay across Carrie, who said, “Got the ring?”

The dark brown head was close to the silvery-blond one. “I got the ring, Carrie.”

Carrie Fleet held out her hand, now strangely transparent, for the necklace. Its reflection in the weird amber light turned her blood almost to gold.

Melrose Plant remembered that shape coming out of the fog, passing from kennel to kennel.

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She said to Neahle, “It might be worth something, this ring. Maybe the Baroness would help . . .”

Carrie's head fell on Jury's shoulder. “Sanctuary.”

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