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CHAPTER ELEVEN
They were almost done with their belated midday when Keth looked up to see Deh a
Glaki towed Dema over to the bench, where he sat abruptly and took the food Tris offered A handful of olives and a wedge of cheese revived him a bit, as did the ladle of cold water Glaki fetched for him he said to her, s your name?
Glaki, suddenly shy, stuck her thumb in her mouth and hid behind Tris
s Glaki,Tris explained quietly was her mother, Yali her foster-mother
Dema said, dejected s more ill luck than anyone should have in one lifetilobe that sparkled on a counter one Splendid If the last two are any indication, hell strike toni ght Any luck in getting the lightning to clear?
re going to work on that after we eat,Keth replied with a sidelong glance at Tris turned you down, didnt they? The Keepers
said they did,Tris s and helped himself to two said the city cant afford the loss of inco That the people would lose confidence in the Keepers, even the Asse defeat at the hands of a lone madman That all order is lost In the audience cha, I heard soht come for respectable wo , then continued, Keepers asked why they shouldn t replace me now and letI had a fallback plan to give them If I dont fin d the Ghost in ten days, Nomasdina Clan loses one of our Asse an idiot like me to work for Tharios I asked how could I save our honour with Khapik open and my hands tied, but they were done withfrol Why wont they do whatever is necessary to save the into his mouth
Tris laid a hand on Demas arm are you up? You need sleep Tired folk hed m on my way back to Elya Street now Theres a room in the back I can use
About your fallback plan?Keth wanted to know, curious s that?
Deeants will find asinto Khapik disguised as locals I can do that if I pay for it myself, or rather Nomasdina Hall pays With an Assembly seat at risk, Mother will let lobe Come for me when that clears?
Keth nodded and squeezed Der his second egg
They wont close Khapik,Tris mused, if he can find people to act the victim for him, and if he pays for their time, he can do that This city doesnt athered their leavings you belong to a great farants you greatness The city gives to you, you give to the city Its worked for Tharios until nowHe duate And honestly, Tris, have you ever heard of anything like these murders? Women in the same line of work, killed the same way by one person, left out in public for everyone to see?
He watched as she tugged her lower lip - my foster-sister - wrote to me that soo,she replied slowly they were killing the members of another fahten anyone who ht think to cross them
Dont think the Ghost does it for that,Keth said arent exactly anyones rivals for anything I think he likes it A ndthat no one can stop him
if you cant afford fountains or extra arurimi, like the yaskedasi and the Fifth Class, the city does nothing to help, Tris reot to her feet and stretched to loosen her back to work, Keth Ive got an idea Why don t you try to blend the lightning on the outside of the globe, so you can clear the surface Maybe then you can look into it and see whats inside
Keth tried to do as Tris suggested First he tried to coe bolt he could peel away, but things distracted hilass flaled on the workshop floor to scratch his backStreet noise seeh he wanted her to He wanted her to thrust hirowl, here, Ill do it! Instead she read froh every ti colourless brows over the brass rims of her spectacles
Frustrated after what seehtnings with thulobe For a rew there: long brown hair, large brown eyes, a full mouth with a wicked twist to the side It was Yali
Keth tre After he rubbed theone The lightnings hed yanked away escaped his hold to cover the globe again
Keth set the globe down and covered his face with his hands, trerief He and Yali had only kissed once For theKeth had never done with his betrothed in Namorn They d discussed food,in Yali spoke to his heart Shed had a restful quality unlike that of any girl hed ever known