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The h that Celaena Sardothien didn’t bother with gloves when she set out into Rifthold

Princess Nehehly miserable Still, she declined Celaena’s repeated offers to take a carriage to theby carriage would only o faster, the princess said And since they’d clai each other’s co woman was in much of a hurry to see it quickly end

So they walked through Rifthold, dressed as finely as they could while still being war relatively unnoticed They took their tireement not to venture near the docks, warehouses, or anywhere theyproof of Adarlan’s e spent a year as a slave herself, and not particularly inclined to discuss the topics of slavery, war, and the general hellishness of the world, Celaena was more than happy to stick to the broad, clean streets where they could pretend to be two young women on their way to spend obscene amounts of money

Nehemia had already toured much of the city and disliked aled Celaena in a detour to walk past the Royal Theater, in going into her favorite bakeries and sweet-shops, and popping into a few bookstores Unsurprisingly, by the time they reached Kavill’s, the finest clothier in Rifthold, Celaena had spent a good chunk of her ’s Chanore for the day

The two young women paused outside the front of the shop, and Celaena ran an eye over the gilded reathing the glass o dresses were displayed--one a soold and splashes of turquoise; the other a daring work of red velvet, long-sleeved and accented with ht lace

"Kavill’s," Nehe in the breeze off the Avery River The princess frowned at Celaena "It’s very… fancy," she said in Eyllwe

Indeed, beyond the glass and the display, Celaena could see a cluster of well-dressed wo off a potential purchase

Celaena hid her own frown They were supposed to have a private appointment Not just for the safety of the princess, whose personal guards trailed behind the dress-up and anything ‘useless’--at soree of ease

"We’re a few minutes early, I think," Celaena said Nehe at the storefront "We could pop into a tea shop if you want and--"

"No, no My hands are frozen through," Neheo in and wait"

It had been a ’s Cha which she’d had to face all the hardships the position presented--but so into Kavill’s’s with an already ill-tempered Nehemia made even Celaena’s nerves fray She already pitied Lee Kavill himself…and the other customers inside

"Just rereen-painted door, "I’m Lillian Gordaina and I am just some--"

"Heiress in Rifthold, I know," Nehe back at her, and walked inside

Celaena followed after the princess, giving Neheuards a nod as theyaround the block to take up a spot by the back door Once the appointan, no one went in or out

The lavender-and-n

Familiar, for in the years Celaena had lived in Rifthold, this had been her preferred clothier Foreign, for the year she’d spent in Endovier and thefroe and unknown

Lee Kavill, who’s Cha roonature plain leather notebook in his arlass pen in hand

In his forties, Kavill was a decent-looking ant, despite sos in his shop He was also quiet Not shy, but calm Balanced He didn’t fuss, and didn’t push, and had an artist’s eye for colors and cuts and changing trends

But those very eyes went a little wide at the sight of theathered women and his one o’clock appointment

Nehemia stopped just inside the door, but Celaena went a few steps further into the red-carpeted shop Kavill was already before them by the time Celaena smiled and held out her hands

"We’re a little early," she said by way of greeting, "but we’re reen-and-gold circular divan in the front of the roo, patient husbands, and bored children