The Oracle's Queen (69 page)

An infant's brief cry still haunts my dreams, but the last echoes will die with me. What Tamír built lives on, and carries her love and the love of those who stood by her into the future
.

—From a document fragment, discovered
by the Guardian Nysander, in the
east tower of the Orëska House

Some of you observant readers, having just turned the last page, may well be asking yourselves, “But what about that wretched bowl Iya made such a fuss over? What was that all about?”

Arkoniel couldn't have told you that, because he never knew. Instead he kept it safe, as he'd been charged, and let the knowledge of it fade away with the years. He was a Guardian, after all, but not the last. What the bowl really is and what became of it is someone else's tale to tell, long after the time of this trilogy.

You will find those answers in two of my other books,
Luck in the Shadows
and
Stalking Darkness
. I hope you enjoy the quest!

LF
January 19, 2006
East Aurora, New York