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It wasn’t reement Like the papers she had in her pocket, these contained names and numbers and locations of safe houses But these were in Adarlan--even stretching as far north as the border with Terrasen

She whipped her head to the body It didn’t make any sense; why kill himself to keep this information secret, when he’d planned to share it with Doneval and use it for his own profit? Heaviness rushed through her veins You know nothing, Philip had said

Somehow, it suddenly felt very true How ain and again It didn’t add up So was off

No one had told her these docu to the people they listed Her hands shaking, she shifted his body into a sitting position so he wouldn’t be face-first on the filthy ground Why had he sacrificed himself to keep this information safe? Noble or not, foolish or not, she couldn’t let it go She straightened his coat

Then she picked up his half-destroyed docu but ashes It was the only thing she had to offer

She found Saainst the wall of another alley She rushed to hi heavily

"Are you hurt?" she delow spread behind theotten out of Doneval’s house in tiht, she could see the gash on his arrabbed at the breast of his suit "One of theht I was dead, but the arrow clattered right out It didn’t even touch ash in the front of his suit, and a glimmer of iridescence sparkled "Spidersilk," he rimly and pulled off the mask from her face

"No wonder this da out a breathy laugh She didn’t feel the need to tell him the truth He searched her face "It’s done, then?"

She leaned down to kiss hiainst his

"It’s done," she said onto his lips

Chapter Twelve

The rain clouds had vanished and the sun was just rising when Celaena strode into Arobynn’s study and stopped in front of his desk Wesley, Arobynn’s manservant, didn’t even try to stop her He just shut the study doors behind her before resu his sentry position in the hall outside

"Doneval’s partner burned his own documents before I could see the "And then poisoned himself" She’d slipped Doneval’s docuht, but had decided to wait to explain everything to hi

Arobynn looked up froer His face was blank "Was that before or after you torched Doneval’s house?"

She crossed her arms "Does it make a difference?"

Arobynn looked at theand the clear sky beyond "I sent the docuh them before you slid them under ht in between killing Doneval and fighting my way out of his house, I found the time to sit down for a cup of tea and read the

"I’ve never seen you leave such a mess in your wake"

"At least people will think Doneval died in the fire"

Arobynn slammed his hands onto his desk "Without an identifiable body, how can anyone be sure he’s dead?"

She refused to flinch, refused to back down "He’s dead"

Arobynn’s silver eyes hardened "You won’t be paid for this I know for certain Leighfer won’t pay you She wanted a body and both docuave me one of the three"

She felt her nostrils flare "That’s fine Bardingale’s allies are safe now, anyway And the trade agree" She couldn’t ree that she’d read the docuh "You haven’t figured it out yet, have you?"

Celaena’s throat tightened

Arobynn leaned back in his chair "Honestly, I expectedyou, and you couldn’t piece together as happening right before your eyes"

"Just spit it out," she growled

"There was no trade agree his silver eyes "At least, not between Doneval and his source in Rifthold The realon in the glass castle--between the king and Leighfer It was a key point of persuasion in convincing him to let them build their road"

She kept her face blank, kept herself fro The man who poisoned himself--he hadn’t been there to trade documents to sell out those opposed to slavery He and Doneval had been working to--

Doneval loves his country, Philip had said

Doneval had been working to set up a systeainst slavery across the e to help the slaves