QUOTE : Loralee let out a slow breath as she watched the Shah leave. The feeling of teetering off balance lessened as the distance between them became greater. Sorcerers of his strength were exceptionally rare. Loralee had never been around anyone anywhere nearly that strong. Powerful men didn’t make her nervous as a rule. Her title protected her well enough. When it didn’t, Loralee knew her way around a dagger or shamshir. But magic was a completely different animal, and she didn’t trust it. Not when it would be all too easy for a man like the Shah to take her soul as a plaything.