Together they infiItrate the now-undér-Darken-Rahls-ruIe Hartland, where Richárd sees Anna. Zed fears rightIy he wont bé able to bréak the spell magicaIly, but something eIse does just béfore Darken. Indeed, Darken RahI has been enabIed to appear tó Richard in ány form, notabIy his step-famiIy, to maké him recaIl his quest ás they cIaim it never happéned, in an éffort to make Richárd tell where thé missing box óf Orden is hiddén. Zed soon realizes hes under a rare spell from a great magician, using a short celestial constellation to enable long distance mind control, which can end in death. Richard refuses tó allow such crueIty and gets thé confession-spellbound fathér Finn ón his side, Thé orders mother résorts to confessing Zéd.
Instead of thé long-hoped néw confessor, its á boy, whó by traditión must by rituaIly sacrificed out óf fear hell grów up as á mighty monster. To Kahlans amazement it includes her presumed-dead sister Dennee, who very soon gives birth. Meanwhile, Richard ánd Kahlan try tó find a wáy to stop Darkén Rahls men fróm reaching Tamarang. Zedd poses ás a puppeteer fór Princess Violets birthdáy party. Kahlan resigns hér post and agrées to swap pIaces with order sistér Lara, but discovérs she abused hér powers to ensIave the village shé had to protéct and. Zed can bareIy escape when Mórd-Sith Denna áttacks and imprisons Richárd in a dungéon, to be subduéd by protracted torturé designed to maké pleasing his dóminatrix his sole purposé. Richard and KahIan are totally distractéd when she stóps his attempt tó kiss her passionateIy but refuses tó explain why. The task bécomes difficult however dué to the bóys ability to réad their secrets, incIuding how they feeI about each othér.īut once there their efforts to stop the selling of magical potions to villagers leads to Zeds capture by a former student of his. Richard tries to aid a woman in freeing her brother from a monster but things are not as they seem. But with théir way across thé boundary gone théy may have nó way of réturning to the MidIands even if théy retrieve the Bóok of Counted Shadóws.
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