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"Where are they?"

"Ran away the first time my back was turned If you know of their whereabouts, please tell me and I will have theracefully as raindrops fro You sat with the king’s faents did"

"But you were given the honor of pouring their drinks"

Conner’s voice rerath’s clear insinuation that Conner was the one who had poisoned the, sir Is there a point to these questions?"

"Perhaps not Are you aware that there is so from the residential quarters of the castle, a box covered with eers rubbed over those e and queen, either shortly before or shortly after their death I didn’t knoas in it, but whatever this box contained, it was probably going to be used as proof that one of us was Prince Jaron

"You ask that as if you think I have it," Conner said

"I’, even a dead one," Veldergrath said "But we have friends who are less certain of your character So to appease the other nobles, who are suspicious of you, I ask your perhed "An estate of this size and you hope to find an emerald-covered box?"

"A box, or a prince Do I have your per They will frighten my staff"

"No harrath’s insertion of the word innocents was calculated "That is rirath Waste your time in my dusty corners and crowded cellars if you "

We didn’t dare rath had left the room Then Tobias turned to me and hissed, "You know these tunnels Are they safe?"

All I could do was shrug I didn’t know

Veldergrath’s eons and work their way up So weourselves as far from the men as possible

"This is a terrible idea," Tobias whispered as alked "If they do get into the tunnels, we’ll be trapped"

"Then we go onto the roof and make our escape there," I said

Roden’s eyes widened, but he nodded his agreement Tobias seemed even more anxious "The roof? And fall to our deaths?"

"I’ve been there," I said "We won’t fall"

"Then let’s go now," Roden whispered

"There’s toospotted if he’s sent rath is no fool, so weonto the roof is our last option"

We reached the upper floor using a tunnel that put us near the nursemaid’s bedroom I wondered if any children who once lived here had used the tunnels to play tricks on their caregivers It’s what I would’ve done

Terath’s men, Roden nodded at the erath was talking about?"