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"She doesn’t trouble you?" Valek asked "She’s tried to kill Yelena"

The Commander looked at me for the first time since we had entered the war room "It would be unwise to kill my food taster Such an act could be otiations Yelena is safe…for now" He shrugged off any ht of rimaced "Damn"

"Nohat?" I asked

He kicked at one of the conference chairs "I anticipated a ation, but not her "

He shook his head, as if to clear the frustration that gripped his voice "I’ll leave the poins assigned to you while she’s here Although, if she’s deter they or I can do I lucked out with Mogkan I was just around the corner when I felt his power surge Let’s hope she behaves while she’s a guest in our land"

Valek pushed the chair against the table with a loud bang "At least I knohere all thethe Generals’ brandyAnd the southern master is now in the castle Unless any more decide to show up, we should be safe"

"What about Captain Star?" I asked

"Star’s a charlatan Her clai her inforhed

"Generals, Sitians and feasts increase my workload Which reht A tiresoood I’ve heard Rand wanted to use the Criollo for a new dessert, but the Commander refused his request Another puzzle, since Brazell has been sending the stuff by the wagonload, and has promised to ship the dessert to all the other Generals They were claold"

I saw a flash in Valek’s eye "Any unusual sy the Criollo?"

It had been three days since I had eaten a piece, and I couldn’t recall any actual physical sy it had lifted ed for its sweet taste especially now that ," I told Valek "But nothing like an addiction I findfor a piece"