It was near sunrise when Katelina and Jorick went to their room. She brushed her teeth and ran through the day's events in her mind. The conversation in the TV room leapt to the fore, and she thought about what Jamie had said.

"You never had a choice."

She pulled on her pajamas and exited to find Jorick half-naked. "There's something I want to ask you." He stopped from unfastening his jeans, his eyes wary. "When we first met, did you use your whisperer abilities to make ...