they exchanged views and opinions and the two hours passed quickly . trudy had never been able to talk so easily with another student , much less a good-looking boy such as matthew . trudy found herself talking about her friends , or lack of friends , and her desire to lose weight and be just one of the girls . like all girls , she wanted to be
popular

my sister 's been hiring an army off to the west , and she 's sent a part of that army to her domain . she has more on the way , but they might not reach dhrall in time . '' narasan 's eyes narrowed . '' the only people i 've ever heard of that live beyond the western sea are the maags . '' '' so ? '' '' we do n't get along very well with the
maags

she wore her most familiar form , the functional white tunic , the tall , lovely figure , but her golden hair now appeared as a waist-length sheet of deep auburn . she bowed deeply and murmured , '' i am here , my host . '' '' you changed your hair , '' i said . her mouth flirted with a smile . '' there are too many blondes in your life , my
host