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into the shop. She blinked, startled by the creature's boldness, and followed
it inside.
The cat wrapped around her legs, purring.
Tossing her long graying braid of blonde hair over her shoulder, she knelt and
stroked him, scratched behind his ears. "My but you're a big boy. And so
pretty."
The cat reared up, put his paws on her shoulder, and licked her face.
"I wonder what your name is?" Cahira extended her powers to see if there was
any residue of a past owner and a name tickled her thoughts. "Kerry. Someone
called you Kerry.
It's a nice name."
She picked him up and he clung to her shoulder as she carried him upstairs to
the kitchen. "Such a pretty, pretty."
Kerry's rumbling purr sounded pleasant to Cahira's ear.
She set him on the floor. Kady turned from cutting slices of salt pork up to
add into a pot of beans for flavoring. "What have you got there, Gram?"
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"A cat."
"Well, I know he's a cat ... he's the biggest cat I've ever seen, except for
Kenly of course."
"His name is Kerry."
"Another K." Kady chuckled, cut off some extra pork, and dropped it in a dish,
which she placed on the floor for the cat.
"You know how Kenly got his name, don't you?"
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"How?" Kady squatted and watched the cat gobble the pork up.
"Darmyk wanted to name his cat Kynyr, but couldn't pronounce it. So it came
out Kenly. The cub has always adored Kynyr."
Kady laughed. "That still doesn't explain Kerry here."
"I touched him with power and found that name hovering around him. So Kerry
must be his name."
The teakettle had steam pouring from the spout. Kady took it off the fire,
filled the teapot with hot water, and put the lid in place to hold the heat in
while the tea steeped.
"What does power feel like?"
"Why are you asking?"
Kady felt suddenly uncomfortable. 'Why' seemed to be
Cahira's and Todd's favorite word. "Because I think I've felt it sometimes."
"When did this start?"
"The day of Eideard's funeral. I went to check on Kynyr, and I found Malthus
standing over him with his fingers on
Kynyr's chest. And the room felt strange."
Cahira's eyes darkened. "He has some kind of mage or
Reader's gift. He tried to Read me and I slapped his face.
Reading someone without their permission is quite rude."
The cat stopped eating and stared up at the two bitches with sharp interest.
"Do you think he's sa'necari?" Kady persisted.
"Anything is possible with those monsters. He's been Read by many and no one
has detected his being anything but human. Otherwise, he'd be spellcorded like
the others."
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"But could he be sa'necari?"
Cahira poured a cup of tea, adding cream and sugar. Her eyes went distant as
if trying to put her finger upon an odd and elusive fact. "Yes. According to
some works I have translated, the mage Brandrahoon created rings of
concealment for his brother Waejonan to protect the leaders of the sa'necari
cult from being detected while they were working to conquer the tribes of
Waejontor."
"The same Brandrahoon that became a vampire?"
"Kady, your lack of knowledge appalls me. There has only been one Brandrahoon.
The sa'necari regarded his evil as so terrible they declared that his name
could never be given to another. According to St. Tarmus of Lorendon,
Brandrahoon's name which means fire-dragon in an ancient tongue
became a brand of infamy that would stand forever."
"He must be terrible indeed if even the sa'necari fear him."
"He is and they do. I have never completely bought into the belief that to say
the true name of the beast was to draw his attention. However, I don't bandy
it about either. Best to call him simply Hoon. I studied for a year with the
foremost expert on Hoon. One day I will tell you all of it."
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The cat bolted across the room to the kitchen window and leaped out of it.
Kady laughed. "I think all this talk of sa'necari and vampires has scared the
cat."
"He probably saw a bird." Cahira extended her hand. "Put your hand in mine.
Have you ever been Read for the gift?"
"No." Kady placed her hand in Cahira's. "Will it hurt?"
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"Not at all. However, from now on I must endeavor to cure your ignorance.
Whenever you run out of tasks in the shop, I
want you to read. But I'll pick the books." Cahira's Readers gift examined
Kady with greater thoroughness than ever before.
Kady felt the searching magic tingle through her muscles, warm her veins, and
tickle like a profusion of butterflies in her stomach.
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