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"You’ll wish it was quick," I roar, bearing down on her

Soh The soundAnd all around us, the fallen, electrified spiders twitch to life Their ether at the sea beast

It skitters with surprising speed, knocking , twisting shards of metal The sparks die in my hands, driven away by fear and exhaustion Even the healers won’t be able to savered, hot blood I hear myself scream, not in pain, but defeat This is the end

And then a blazing ar it into nothinghands pullit across my face to hide the redhi roo A healer co ht

Before the door sla and Cal’s usually cal over her like a storain "The cameras, the cameras can see"

"Sentinels sworn to my mother man the ca about," Maven says, alrip on ht be pulled away fro away the blood with his sleeve If anyone sees

"Take ures appear at the far end of the hall, a pair of roae to avoid the onto hihtens, so does mine "Julian will knohat to do"

Maven looks down on me, conflicted, but finally nods By the ti has stopped, but my face is still ahis usual haphazard self To my surprise, he frowns at Maven

"Prince Maven," he says, bending into a stiff, al bow Maven doesn’t respond, only pushesroom beyond

Julian has a small set of rooms, made smaller by darkness and stale air The curtains are drawn, blotting out the afternoon sun, and the floor is slippery with loose stacks of paper A kettle simmers in the corner, on an electric piece of metal meant to replace a stove No wonder I never see hi he needs right here

"What’s going on?" he asks, waving us to a pair of dusty chairs Obviously he doesn’t entertain

I draw asideof ot carried away"