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"Maven tricked everyone, Mare," Kilorn replies, nudging ot past me, you, and Farley We all believed in him"

With his mother to coach him, to read our minds and mold Maven to our hopes, it’s no wonder ere all fooled And now he is king Noill fool--and control--our whole world What a world that will be, with ahis leash

But I push through such thoughts They can wait "Did Farley say anything else? What about the list? She still has it, doesn’t she?"

Shade watches her over my shoulder, careful to keep his voice low "She does, but she’sin Tuck, Moh htens at the sight of enuine smile, and he takes my hand "Gisa too, and the lumps we call brothers"

A cord of tension releases in rip on him, one eyebrow raised in question "Others? Who? How can that be?" After the massacre beneath Caesar’s Square and the evacuation of Naercey, I didn’t think anyone else existed

But Kilorn and Shade don’t share lances instead Yet again, I’m in the dark, and I don’t like it one bit But this ti secrets, not an evil queen and schelare at therits his teeth and has the good sense to look apologetic He gestures to Shade Passing the blame "You know s close to the chest, and rightfully so" Shade adjusts hi up a littleat his wounded shoulder, but waves me off before I can help hianized--"

I can’t help but snort, eyeing his bandages "Well, you’re doing a terrific job"

"Don’t be cruel, Mare," Shade snaps back, sounding very s aren’t so bad as they seehold and Farley is not our only leader In fact, she’s not even true Command She’s just a captain There are others like her--and evenby the way she orders around her soldiers, I would think Farley was an elance at her, she’s busy redoing a bandage, all while scolding the nurse who originally set the wound But nored He knows much more than I do about the Scarlet Guard, and I’m inclined to believe what he says about theanization than what I see here It’s encouraging--and frightening

"The Silvers think they’re two steps ahead of us, but they don’t even knohere we stand," Shade continues, his voice full of fervor "We seem weak because ant to"

I turn back quickly "Maven tricked you, trapped you, slaughtered you, and ran you out of your own house Or are you going to try and tell me that was all part of another plan?"

"Mare--" Kilorn ainst mine in a display of comfort But I shove him away He needs to hear this too

"I don’t care how oing to win against hi et hiotten boy The shadow of the flairl?"

Farley’s voice shocks through e For a brief, blistering second, I stare at my hands knotted in Shade’s sheets Maybe she’ll leave if I don’t turn around Maybe she’ll let ht fire with fire," I tell her as I stand Her height used to inti up at her feels natural and familiar