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Dont joke,Tris said, her voice flatKeth? Who are you, anyway?

The hed name is Demakos Nomasdina, arurim dhaskoi at the Elya Street aruri this murder suspect, teacher or no teacher And who are you?

Trisana Chandler,she retorted, giving herself the Tharian title This superior youngwith you She looked at the housekeeper someone for Jumshida and Niko Theyll want to know about this

Dhasku, the woman replied with a bow of the head

hope you are a truthsayer,Tris infore this She had to keep him on the defensive, and not allow him time to think that she was only fourteen, medallion or not I doubt that Dhasku Juuest of hers was abusedFroe, she knew she d hit a nerve Shed hoped that Jues Hall and Second Scholar of Heskalifos would throw a das did you not notice whose house this is?

The e reassembled his lofty facial expression may vouch for him at Elya Street,he inforh, we are going to see the woan, only to receive Triss elbow in his ribs

Before he could ask why shed poked hio with hi-rooone to the Fifth District Forulass ball Numb all over, voiceless with pity over this unknown yaskedasu, he was only dimly aware of the quarrel between No He overheard snippets The priests had wanted to take the dead woreed to wait until the arurim dhaskoi confronted Keth with the crime he was supposed to have committed Keth knew hed disappointed Dhaskoi Nouilt All he could do, seeing the tuiry, the Narant the dead woer, he turned away and inspected his surroundings The aruri at a bone just out of their reach Keth shud dered If the arurim dhaskois truth spell didnt work, and such spells were tricky if the caster didn t originally have the ability to truth-read, Keth knehat came next: torture Unless they had a truthsayer on duty at the arurimat Somehow he didnt think the district that included the charity hospital, Khapik and the slureat deal of money on truthsayers

A small, nail-bitten hand rested on his aroing to hurt you if we can help it

Keth stared at her, nu that she didnt kno things worked for outsiders in any city, in any nation? Jus were done

Fellow Nouilt,he replied at last, feeling he ought to say so to have to tell him I knew one of the Ghosts victims

Ghost?Tris repeated with a frown

s what the yaskedasi are calling the irl disappears, and the next day shes dead with a yellow veil around her neck

?asked Tris