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"Heard you caved and got a job," Tra ion blind"

I shove him with a sed, eh?"

Dad answers for the forward "Soe for the Barrow boys Full pension too" I can tell he doesn’t believe a word of it, but Dad doesn’t press the subject Moht up

"Brilliant, isn’t it? The govern Bree on the cheek "And now you, with a job" The pride radiates off her like I’ve never seen--usually she saves all of it for Gisa She’s proud of a lie "It’s about time this family came into some luck"

Up above us, Gisa scoffs I don’t blame her My luck broke her hand and her future "Yes, we’re very lucky," she huffs, finallydown the ladder with one hand When she reaches the floor, I can see her splint is wrapped in colored cloth With a pang of sadness, I realize it’s a piece of her beautiful e her but she pulls away, her eyes on Cal She see, I realize I’ve alotten him completely "Oh, this is Cal He’s another servant up at the Hall with me"

"Hi," he les like a schoolgirl and waves back, her gaze lingering on his muscled arms But Dad and my brothers aren’t so char at Cal like he’s so "I can smell it on you"

"That’s just the Hall, Dad--" I protest, but Cal cutssure to drop his r’s in the usual Harbor accent "I started serving at Ocean Hill, the royal residence out there, and now I travel with the pack when theylook in his eye "A lot of the servants do that"

Mom draws a rattled breath and reaches for o with those people when they leave?"

I want to tell thely But I have to lie, for their sake "It was the only position they had Besides, it’s goodon," Bree growls, face-to-face with Cal To his credit, Cal barely bats an eye at hilare with equal fire in his eyes "Mare chose to work for the palace She signed a contract for a year of service, and that’s it"

With a grunt, Bree backs away "I liked the Warren boy better," he gru a child, Bree," I snap My otten what I sound like after only three weeks Strangely, her eyes sith tears She’s forgetting you That’s why she wants you to stay So she doesn’t forget

"Mo her She feels so thin in my arms, thinner than I remember Or maybe I just never noticed how frail she’s become