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They did not exactly sleep apart, however When she dropped into one of the narrow beds in the servants room, Cade pushed the other beside hers, and in this way they were together, but with a coot into bed, she’d drifted off into a deep sleep

At soht she had one of those dreams where it was hard to tell if she was really awake or just dreaainst the headboard, softpatterns across the floor Cade was buried beneath his blanket beside her Across her lap lay a piece of paper with a drawing on it It was a well done rendering of the inside of a building, or at least a section of a building She kneithout knowing how she knew, that this was the interior of the palace

The drawing appeared to be of soed dragon rearing back, water flowing forth from its mouth To either side of the fountain were colonnaded corridors

Cade rustled beside her and sat up, but it was not Cade Yates, his ghost, sat beside her An otherworldly cold drafted off hih he were an open door through the veil of death

Yates She mouthed his name, not sure if sheup speaking it, or if she had uttered it at all

His translucent hand hovered over the paper He had finally revealed one of his drawings to her He pointed at the corridor to the left of the fountain, and once again, with unfounded assurance, she knew it led to the prison of forgotten days

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In the y and out of sorts, like she’d been at the Cock and Hen all night i too much Unfortunately, when she shook off the initial layer of fog, she remembered she hadn’t been anywhere, or anywhen, near the Cock and Hen She dressed and found Cade and Luke already at breakfast

"Started without me?"

Cade glanced over his shoulder at her "We couldn’t let the flatcakes get cold Besides, you were restless last night I thought it better to let you sleep"

She dropped into a chair beside him, and he passed her a cup of hot tea and a blueberry htened her rasped at fleeting ies as she tried to remember the dreams Had Yates been in one of them?

"I never rean as he buttered aaway, Cade and I have been discussing possible strategies should we hear back froan raised an eyebrow "Oh?" She wondered if Cade had told Luke what he had witnessed of her ability

"Luke thinks you should re, at least one of us can try to flee"

"And what did you say to that?" she asked hiood dose of an conjured up the sweetest smile she could summon "And the one who came anywhere near me with a dose of morphia would find himself--"

She was interrupted by a knock on the door At first they just looked at one another, then she scra room and back to the bedroom to hide, half eaten muffin in hand She left the door open just a crack so she could see and hear