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The hed "You are quite a bit of fun"

Gemma raised her eyebrows "I believe this is the first tirabbed the last slice of sourdough bread and, in one elegant motion, rocked to his feet "Then everyone you know is blind," he said, checking the tension of the spinning thread

Gee toto the spinning machine--before she bent over her ith deterht when Ge theapart Her back and ar chilled in the cool, fall air, but the as wide open and the crisp air se said "But I fail to see what the open ill accouards"

Geed "I felt like hacking at soression," thethe room He leaned out of the openand inspected the outside walls Hewheel before cliance that was unnatural--considering how high up they were--the ainst the castle hen he passed the boundaries of thefralittered before he disappeared fro upwards

Gee pull hie The patch of roof spiked above him like an icicle, and snowflakes the size of Gele

"Care to join e torches posted in the courtyard were barely pinpricks of light

Theon the ledge so he could offer his hand

Gees, but the lure of the cool, fresh air and the light of brillianther body onto thesill

"There are so esturing to the caribou carving next to the

"Right Easy," Gerunted as she planted a foot on the hooves of the caribou’s back legs and strained to grab his rearing front legs Gerip slid and her storet the last few pieces of bread she had eaten--before she cliher

When Gerabbed her by the back of her dress and helped haul her onto the ledge

"It’s less windy here," thefor Geular shape "Which is lucky, because I’rin

Gee and her knowledge of everything she owed thethe insults

Instead, Geht sky was a deep purple with a screen of stars twinkling like diamonds sewn into lace Fresler’s Helm--one of the tallest and surely the e that loolowed in the reen and shadowed snow blue light swirled from the mountain and added extra color to the sky

The air chilled Ge her cheeks and nose, but it smelled fresh, with hints of leaves and smoky fires and--just the barest trace of ould soon coain Her escape atte to be out Out of the castle, out of the black walls of the dungeon Sitting on the ledge in the fresh air soothed her

"It’s beautiful," Gereed, rustling around in his cloak "Verglas is savage and wild, but also unbelievably beautiful Here, take this It will keep you war fro it out to Gemma

In his hands was a ruby It was the deep red of blood, cut as thinly as a knife blade, and fashioned in the shape of a fla out to take it Gemma jumped in surprise when she touched the ruby and felt heat flow into her finger tips and up her arem

"A heat charm One of the e said