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"It’s not perlue will stick for about a week then it loses its grip Anything else?"

"Um Yes" I hesitated, reluctant toto be alone with Rand

"What?"

"I need a knife"

His head jerked I could see a spark behind his eyes as the h his hed our fledgling friendship against this unusual request

I fully expected him to question me as to why I needed a knife Instead he asked, "Which one?"

"The scariest-looking one you’ve got"

Chapter Fourteen

The next ate just as the sun crested the Soul Mountains Soon a glorious sweep of sunlight rushed over the valley, indicating the start of the Commander’s exercise My heart pulsed with excites, but they fueled ht of my backpack

I had worried that the ite Afterfrole a weapon frouard room and steal the other ites a bit, then so what No one had told

My determination to "escape" had increased since the plan had first been proposed The money was merely a bonus at this point I wanted to prove the Coet far, who had been concernedthe castle co in the daylight My first impression was that a child had built the palace with his toy blocks The base of the castle was rectangular It supported various upper levels of squares, triangles and cylinders built atop one another in a haphazard fashion The only attenificent towers at each corner of the castle Streaked with brilliantly colored glass s, the four towers stretched toward the sky

The castle’s unusual geoued les, but Valek had instructed me to leave the complex at dawn as I only had an hour’s head start Then, the soldiers and dogs in pursuit would try to discover which gate I had exited, tracking me from there Valek had taken one of s my scent I had asked hione, and he’d givenothers trained in the art of poisoning ere too valuable to be used on a regular basis Unlike me