Valley of Silence (2006) (edit title/settings)

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• Cian Mac Cionaoith: Hoyt's twin brother, turned vampire.
• Moira: A scholar, the Queen of Geall.
• Hoyt Mac Cionaoith: a powerful sorcerer, a member of the Circle of six; Cian's twin.
• Glenna Ward Mac Cionaoith: the witch, a member of the Circle of six, Hoyt's wife.
• Larkin Riddock: A shapeshifter, Moira's Cousin, Blair's betrothed.
• Blair Nola Bridgit Murphy: Demon Hunter and a member of the Circle of six. She is a descendant of Nola Mac Cionaoith, Hoyt and Cian's youngest sister. Larkin's betrothed.
• Deidre: Moira's aunt.
• Jarl: the one that made Lilith into a vampire
• Niall: a fighter in Geall's army.
• Tynan: Guard at the Geall Castle.
• Dervil: One of the women who attends Moira.
• Isleen: One of the women who attends Moira.
• Ceara: One of the women who attends Moira.
• King: Cian's best friend who was originally part of the circle and was turned by Lillith and then killed by Cian
• Prince Riddiock: Larkin's father and Moira's uncle.
• Midir: Lilith's sorcerer.
• Davey: Lilith's vampire-child.
• Lora: Lilith's vampire lover.
• Lilith: Queen of the vampire, leader of the evil forces
• Morrigan: the Goddess of War.
• Cirio: Lilith’s human love

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• “What's up? A little girl time? What's the topic? Fashion, food, or men? Oh-oh," she added when they turned and she saw their faces, " must be men, and me with no chocolate to pass around.”

  Blair to Glenna and Moira

• “You’ve gone to some trouble.” He shut the door behind them. “Thank you.” “It was for me, but I’m glad you like it. I wanted a night, just one, where it would be only the two of us. As if none of this was happening. Where we could sit and talk and eat. And where I might drink just a little too much wine.” She laid down her bow and quiver, unhooked her sword. “One night when we don’t talk of battles and weapons and strategy. You’d tell me you love me. You wouldn’t even have to say it, because I’d see it when you looked at me.” “I do love you. I looked back at the castle, and saw the glow in the windows from these candles. That’s how I think of you. A steady glow.”

  Moira and Cian

• “It’s a man who stands before you,” he said again. “It’s a man who loves you. It’s a man who asks if you’ll share the life he’s been given, if you’ll live it with him. If you’ll take me as I am, and make a life with me. Geall will be my world, as you’re my world. It will be my heart, as you’re my heart. If you’ll have me.”

  Cian to Moira

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• ‘I spread my dreams at your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.’”

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• “I love you.” He came to her, gently touched her face with his fingertips. “This face, those eyes, all that’s inside them. I love you. In a thousand years I’ve never loved another.”

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• “Your heart may be still, but it isn’t empty. It isn’t silent because it speaks to me.”

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• I love her, or I would have taken her before this for the sport of it. I love her, or I’d have sent her away from me last night.

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• Mac Cionaoith blood. The tales he had told

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• What a fine life we’ve had, Cian. I know we’re in the winter of it, but I don’t feel the cold.” “Well, I do, when you put your feet on my arse in the night.”

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•      I’m asking you to be happy, to rebuild your world, your life, and to embrace both. To do less would be a dishonor to what we had. To what you gave me.      With you, somehow with you, I was a man again.

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•      I’ll see you in candlelight, holding out your arms to me, taking me into a light I’ve never known before or will know again.

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• ‘Here doesn’t lie Cian, for he’s blown off with the wind. He lived and he died, then stayed on like the last annoying guest to leave the ball.’

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Dance of the Gods: this is a place where you can travel from a world to another.
• Valley of Silence: the battleground has been chosen for the final showdown.
• Geall: Moira and Larkin's world.

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Glossary edit see section history

• mo chroi: My heart in Gaelic
• Samhain: (SAM-en), summer’s end (Celtic festival); the battle takes place on the Feast of Samhain, the feast celebrating the end of summer
• sláinte: (slawn-che), Gaelic term for “cheers"
• Claddaugh: Celtic symbol of love, friendship, loyalty

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Dance of the Gods.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Nora Roberts (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 2683 vol. 10
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Profanity. Sexual content.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( R ) › Roberts, Nora
• Books › Romance › Contemporary
• Books › Romance › Vampires

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• Nora Roberts: Author's website

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