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Now I knew the truth of my past

I just had to prove it, I had to keep what I knew to myself until I could lay it all on the table, could lay out the evidence and the players so there would be no denying it I sed hard and shook ?"

Ash cleared his throat "You don’t go into a killing rage for nothing We all have our secrets, but unless you actually pass the testing and e Especially if you’re trying to kill another Ender"

Froht dance along Granite’s fingers on his right hand, seconds before the ground shifted under our feet, s area "Ash, leave it be We’re done for the day"

It was only then I realized every single Ender available had been watching, and of course, all the recruits too They’d all heard ht and lose to Ash Hu I had not to look down, to keep my eyes up I would not be ashamed

More than one Ender narrowed their eyes when I looked their way

"I said," Granite growled, "we’re done for the day Except for you, Lark You stay here with hted hesitation, they all cleared out, though there was more than one curious look thrown over a shoulder atrooet kicked out for attacking Ash?

"You going to tell me what that was all about?"

"No"

"Larkspur, coertips dancing with green light that wove through his fingers like ivy a ave me a push toward the front doors I followed him out of the barracks and into the forest We walked in silence for close to three hours, taking pathways I knew by heart, and some that I’d never seen The walk cals into perspective Wicker kneho I was, but did he know I re was that if he knew, he would have tried to kill ain, ive hie of the forest The roar of vehicles huThe highway stood between the forest and the coast, a divider I knew our people rarely crossed

"Do you knohy I brought you here?"

I shook my head

"This is where I found your mother"