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She ain Doubtless it was the only way she could reift

"Karris doesn’t like to be left behind when I head into danger"

"You’ve brought me fifty thousand probleood shot, and coht better of it "My lady, your wit is as sharp as your beauty is radiant Since the light has so clearly blessed you with its presence, the most I can do is bless you with my absence Good day"

He bowed and left He was only a few steps ahen he thought he heard herHe shot a look over his shoulder, and swore he caught her staring at--

She pursed her lips, a quick look of consternation "I can foresee the end of the world, but I can’t tell when aat his shapely ass"

Gavin could do nothing ely aware of his ass with every step

Chapter 46

The Color Prince had wanted to leave Garriston in six weeks It had taken eight Though Liv had spent half her waking hours with the Color Prince, she knew there were entire currents passing right beneath her eyes that she didn’t even see For a superviolet accusto

One day, a general was found hanged from the open portcullis of the Travertine Palace Liv only found out after the fact that he had been one who’d advocated staying put, satisfied with regaining Tyrea and settling down in their new country

The Color Prince had opened his court that day, saying, "While there is oppression anywhere, there is freedom nowhere"

Liv heard the statement repeated a dozen times that day, and the next day as theyall his time with his uratively She rode close to the front, but not with the commanders or advisers She wasn’t certain of her place, and no one else was either

The wo didn’t trust her She was the eneain How that infuriated her In switching sides, her father had ed to make her be cast out from the opposite side than those who’d treated her like an outcast for her entire youth

After teeks on the road, one night the Color Prince summoned her to his tent, which was ostentatiously small and plain A man of the people Liv wondered how such transparent tricks worked But work they did

"So, Aliviana, have you learned your purpose yet?" he asked

"You only have perhaps half a dozen superviolets in your whole ar forfor a test that will help you identify superviolets Your eneral level of your drafters’ abilities is poor, and you’re hoping that the perspectives I bring ht be valuable to you That last is speculation, but well supported, I think So I think you want me to train your superviolets"

Back in the Chroisters had warned their disciples constantly not to rely too s Here, it was encouraged, and Liv wasn’t sure yet which approach was better If you were burning away your life by drafting as the Chro drafters not to draft when they didn’t have to But it had never been clear to Liv that the prohibitions were solely utilitarian They’d been s, as if luxin ine and those who relied on it were ave her clarity, and distance fros of inadequacy, of loneliness She used it and then yellow to pull probleh them, all the tier, watched it as it turned a dull hot red, and touched it to his zigarro "That’s all you have for me?"