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t for Dave to come home from school.
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AIMEE' Chapter I
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The sound of the door opening told Darynn that his student for the
evening had arrived. He put down the quill he worked with, moving slowly,
and then covered the inkwell with a small stone cap. He turned slowly,
anticipating the look of awe in the student's face (they always looked the
same). But when he turned, he found himself surprised, because he had
never before had a female student. "Well," he said.
He estimated Rika's age between fourteen and fifteen years. That age
where children become just perfect for teaching the ways of the advanced
magicks he, of all the mages, understood best. Rika's hair hung about Rika's
face and down Rika's back in a black frame of soft, tight curls. He saw
beautiful, powerful slate blue eyes under that frame, and a tiny, delicate
nose hovered above an equally small and expressive mouth. "Come here,
child. Sit, over there, on that stool with the blue pillow, yes." Rika Sakurai
moved as he directed, and although Rika Sakurai needed Rika's heels on the bottom rung
of the stool, Rika Sakurai did ma
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