"I suppose I must sound terribly casual about it," Raine said wryly, half-apologetic. "I've spent some time in study of souls myself, though I lack the perceptions some of the others do. The end result is that it's not uncommon for me to deal with matters of the soul in one way or another. And the person I would ask to look I trust without question-- although it should be considered that I am not unbiased, as I love him well enough to marry him. But I understand your reservations, and I won't press you about it. If it happens to come up again later, I'll be curious, but it doesn't need to."

Amberdrake knew where to find her now, at any rate. But they had only just met, and Raine didn't expect him to take her word for any of this, despite her position of relative authority.