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"Do you have a plan?"

"I suggest you play nice, show up for meals and pretend to be influenced by Bruns"

"Then what?"

"We gain his trust and find the chink in his are to Ari and Janco and Irys"

It sounded easy, except "We can’t eat the food in the dining roo suspicious" Leif rubbed his chin "And frankly, I’etables I’m friends with Alvar, the chef--let me see what I can do" He stood, squeezed o

I et plenty of food I’ for two"

He jerked as if I’d slapped hie of emotions crossed his face--surprise, excitement, worry and then concern "You shouldn’t have risked the baby for me!"

"I couldn’t not try to rescue you"

Leif wrapped rats, sis Does Valek know?"

"Yes"

"Then we’d better escape before he sends the entire Ixian ar Iroo forthe food into my mouth Leif filledrush and lazed with a special sauce

"Holy snow cats! There’s Dax Greenblade" Leif gazed over my shoulder

I crushedaround Was he captured? "Does he have goons with hi this way" Leif leaned forward "Remember, we love Bruns"

"Leif! Yelena! So this is where you two have been hiding," Dax said "I should have known you’d be where all the action is"

I glanced way up at the tall reen eyes For him, I didn’t need to fake a smile He’d been ician’s Keep "Hi, Dax! Did you just arrive?"

"Yup Isn’t this place great? Much better than that stuffy old Keep, where we don’t do anything but study What a waste of time Noe can contribute to the welfare of Sitia"

"Yes, isn’t it wonderful?" The words tasted like ash on ue

"That looks yurabbed his wrist before he could leave "You can have the rest ofinto my plate with abandon

"So how did you hear about this place?" I asked

"One of the students, I think," Dax said between ood as the Keep’s"

"Really?" Leif asked