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"Would you lie to me?" he asked

"Absolutely But not about this"

"You would turn ood man I’ve seen live a lie"

"Riddles"

"Perhaps"

"Youover all the rituals He’s an atheist, isn’t he?" When he said "atheist," it was a slur He realized he said it as a slur out of force of habit He’d always thought it the worst thing a man could be And noas one hih a lack of faith," she said carefully

He sneered He’d come up here to tell her about the cards and the knife, but now--all this was double-talk If he didn’t deserve the full truth from her, then she didn’t deserve it of him

There was a knock on the door "Mistress," one of the Blackguards, a stocky woman named Samite said, "now that the PrisencyWe need to head down in tenher She looked burdened, bitter, for one second "Your people are kind to ’ in case I’d forgotten that we have to decide whether we go to war today But such kindness is dangerous whento paint e"

"I’ll speak with her"

"Delicately, if you will I know she means well" She turned back to Ironfist "I’ve already told the Black that he can’t remove you The Red hates you for reasons I don’t know and that you won’t tell me, but he can’t have you while I breathe" She waved her hand, and that was that Ironfist was saved "Now My bet I can’t tell you what it was, but I can tell you who it was on I bet everything on Gavin I bet the world on hih to find out ins"

Ironfist exhaled Since when did I become a keeper of secrets and teller of half-truths?

He fished in his pocket He pulled out a white rock, the size of his hand He tossed it on the White’s desk as if it were trash

Her eyes ide "Commander, is that…?" She reached for it "White luxin," she whispered

"Gavin drafted it at the Battle of Garriston He doesn’t know he did it"

She picked up the white luxin with tre hands, and for the first time that Ironfist had ever seen, she quietly wept

Lots of crying wo for you," the Color Prince said He turned to the engineer in charge of the trebuchet "Ten chits if you make it into the city on the first shot But you owe ineer bowed low, al himself The people still didn’t kno much deference to pay to the Color Prince

The entire ca, and everyone knew that noon was the deadline The guns on the city’s walls were trained on the the entire setup of the trebuchet, three hundred paces from the city’s walls So that the guns would open up and try to destroy the trebuchet first, despite the woe around its base More, however, crowded close, wanting to see the spectacle for theer

Liv had joined them because the prince had asked her to "I will not shield you from the realities of war, Aliviana This is our path, and you ht his implication: Unlike her father Unlike the Chromeria

She would be worthy of that trust So she watched, from close up The crowds didn’t jostle her Her violet and yellow drafter’s dress guaranteed that Drafters were treated as lords and ladies They had power, and poas a virtue