"In a way," she said to him, gesturing at the Prince, "it would almost be better if no one ever knew who he wasBut I don't think we can do thatStay, and tell them when they get hereWhoever they are, they ought to know "Oh, my lady," he whispered, weeping"Must it end like this?" She knew what he meantShe would not dissemble with him nowShe looked at the people, whoever they were, coming quickly across the ground from the south A brown-haired man with a sword, another darker one, a third man, smaller than the other two "Yes," she said to Scelto, watching them approach"Yes, I think it must And so she turned and left him with the dead on that hill, to wait for those who were coming even nowShe left the valley behind, the hill, left all the noises of battle and pain, walking down the northernmost of the goatherd's tracks as it wound west along the slope of the chloe paddington handbag chocolate hill out of sight of everyoneThere were flowers growing along the path: sonrai berries, wild lilies, irises, anemones, yellow and white, and then there was a scarlet oneIn Tregea they said that flower had been made red by the blood of Adaon where he fell There were no men or women on that slope to see her or to stay her as she went, nor was the distance very far to level ground and then to the beginnings of the sand and finally to the margin of the sea where there were gulls wheeling and crying overhead There was blood on her garmentsShe discarded them in a small pile on the wide sweep of that white sandShe stepped into the water, it was cool, but not nearly so cold as the sea of Chiara had been on the morning of the DiveShe walked out slowly until it came to her hips and then she began to swimStraight out, heading west, toward where the sun would set when it chanel white bucket handbag finally went down to end this dayShe was a good swimmer; her father had taught her and her brother long ago after a dream she had hadValentin the Prince had even come with them once to their cove When she began, at length, to tire she was very far from the shore, out where the blue-green of the ocean near land changes to the darker blue of the deepAnd there she dived, pushing herself downward, away from the blue of the sky and the bronze sun and it seemed to her as she went down that there was an odd illumination appearing in the water, a kind of path here in the depths of the sea She had not expected thatShe had not thought any such thing would be here for herNot after all that had happened, all that she had doneBut there was indeed a path, a glow of light defining itShe was tired now, and deep, and her vision was beginning to grow dimShe thought she saw a chanel bags collection shape flicker at the edge of the shimmering lightShe could not see very clearly though, there seemed to be a kind of mist coming down over herShe thought for a moment the shape might be the riselka, though she had not earned that, or even Adaon, though she had no claim at all upon the godBut then it seemed to Dianora that there was a last gathering of brightness in her mind at the very end, and the mist fell back a little, and she saw that for her it was neither of these, after all, not the riselka, nor the god It was Morian, come in kindness, come in grace, to bring her home Alone of the living on a hill with the dead, Scelto stood and composed himself as best he could, waiting for those he could see beginning to climb the slope When the three men and the tall woman reached the summit he knelt in submission as they surveyed in silence what had happened replica chanel jewelry hereWhat death had claimed upon this hillHe was aware that they might kill him, even as he kneltHe wasn't sure that he cared The King was lying only an arm's length away from Rhun who had slain himRhun, who had been a Prince here in the PalmIf he had a space of time later, Scelto sensed that the pieces of this story might begin to come together for himEven numbed as he was now, he could feel a lancing hurt in his mind if he dwelt upon that historySo much done in the name of the dead She would be near the water by nowShe would not be coming back this timeHe had not expected her to return on the morning of the Dive; she had tried to hide it, but he had seen something in her when she woke that dayHe hadn't understood why, but he had known that she was readying herself to die She had been ready, he was certain of it; something had changed for her by the water's edge that chanel bag gold chain