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She couldn't turn to [[Laurain Dyess|her husband]] for comfort – he'd vanished to his own estates. For the first time, Ombretta almost regretted killing her sister. [[Herena Marcoux|Herena]] might have proven a distraction now, in their old age. If only she hadn't threatened to tell [[Enzephir II Dyess|Father]] the truth about poor [[Martan Kizer|Martan]].
 
She couldn't turn to [[Laurain Dyess|her husband]] for comfort – he'd vanished to his own estates. For the first time, Ombretta almost regretted killing her sister. [[Herena Marcoux|Herena]] might have proven a distraction now, in their old age. If only she hadn't threatened to tell [[Enzephir II Dyess|Father]] the truth about poor [[Martan Kizer|Martan]].
  
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Everything had come to naught. Her eldest son married a drunken harlot, and who knew if those children were his? Her daughter despised her so much, she'd wedded a sodomite just to escape. Her darling golden boy, the only one who'd truly loved her, slain on the field of honour at twenty-one.

She couldn't turn to her husband for comfort – he'd vanished to his own estates. For the first time, Ombretta almost regretted killing her sister. Herena might have proven a distraction now, in their old age. If only she hadn't threatened to tell Father the truth about poor Martan.