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It an, after all she had learned about this world, that the elite would wish to re classes It did look, however, like these servants lived better than those packed into the cities and the grih

They rode in co by on the canal and studied the foot and wagon traffic they met on the road This had been L’Petrie Province once, but she did not recognize it--maybe some landforms in the distance looked the sah the land had been re in a different country altogether She supposed that really, she was

She tried not to think about what had happened to her hoer exist, certainly not in a fornize

"You seem a little sad," Cade said

"The Capital is basically the province I grew up in," she replied

"Ah Not much like you remember it then"

She shook her head It was not, she reflected, asseen the ruin of Sacor City for the first time Between that experience and the map of the Capital she’d taken froe She was not shocked, but it was still painful

Their travel that day was uneventful, and when they stopped for the night, the grounds of the roadside inn Luke chose were better-kept than the others they had stayed at, with trian and Cade received their bunkhouse assign where they’d be spending the night Even the bunkhouses, where lowly servants stayed, hadboxes full of flowers, the siding looking like it had received a fresh ashing

Once they stepped inside, however, they discovered the bunkhouse was not unoccupied A h-looking drovers sat at the table playing cards Karigan and Cade stared The card players stared back A fourth ed froh to be asp of laughter

Cade slowly backed her out of the bunkhouse "There must be soht back"

Karigan sat on a bench outside the bunkhouse Fro and pleasant, a fine respite for the two of them What would they do now? Would they have to find another inn? She couldn’t stay in the bunkhouse with those otheralone with Cade

Soon, Luke, Cade, and a short man she took to be the innkeeper trooped out of the"I have paid you good an slumped in a sickly manner in an effort to corroborate Luke’s words

"Yes, Mr Mayforte," the innkeeper said, "but it would be some trouble to reh lot" He paused as if thinking the ht be another possibility"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>