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“Go,” she whispered, and it was torn out of her. “Be happy.”

“Go,” she whispered again, brushing her lips over his jaw in a final caress that held her heart. “She’s yours. You need her, and she needs you.”

Hawke turned to look over his shoulder. “What the hell have you been smoking?”
Riaz shrugged, his mood undampened. “It was green and leafy.” He made a note to discuss the subject of possible sea changelings with Adria—intrigued as she was by puzzles, she’d find it as fascinating as he did.

“You sure you want those?” A solemn question. “You’ve only been in half the stores on the island.”
“Go ahead,” she said, “make fun of the new traveler.”
He kissed her on the cheek instead, the warmth of his body a caress she’d missed. “I like seeing Venice through your eyes.”

Then to his surprise, she did a funny little dance around her chair, singing, “I’m going to Venice. I’m going to Venice.”