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The world didn’t stop Even as theinto the roo A sword descended on the assassin’s convulsing wrist, separating his still-loaded gun and gun hand from his body
The sudden press of bodies was aluards had their priorities Subdue the threat, secure the area, check the health of the guarded, check the health of the downed guards, notify the chain of comood shot, and he’d be lucky if it turned out he hadn’t cracked a rib, but he was alive, and so was the White
Oddly enough, it see Orea Pullaere alive, too One was still unconscious, and the other could only re rag pressed over his face Apparently whoever had sent the assassin was trying to make some point about the vulnerability of the entire Chrouns and ic had only come out when the assassination was threatened with failure
They found the White’s balcony door cracked open, and cli from the roof The assassinthe White’s balcony deadbolted, decided to go to the roof and enter through the door It was a bold plan that would allow the assassin to escape after thedown the rope without alerting anyone It would have given the assassin valuable minutes to escape alive This had been no suicidedown the tower to check every roo for accoo, he would have killed that assassin by hiotten both hi everywhere in the rooreen The White had been a blue/green bichrome, so she’d obviously put in colored lux torches so that if soht available to draft in a heartbeat With a lesser assassin, the sudden flood of light itself ardless, between Gavin and the Blackguards interrupting, it had worked
He wondered if the White ell She hadn’t drafted in years, and she wasn’t in particularly good health to begin with
Gavin stood with the Blackguards’ help just in tirabbed him so fiercely, it almost knocked hied her back
"I heard there was an assassination attempt and you were involved and--and you scared ed your hair," he said stupidly She’d bleached to blonde from its previous dark Tyrean hue He liked it blonde
"You like it blonde," she said
"He saved my life," the White said She walked over Walked, instead of being wheeled over Gavin couldn’t see the halo in her gray eyes, but he could see that her eyes were no longer washed out, desaturated Now they looked like a drafter’s eyes again And there was fine red color in her cheeks She looked stronger, younger, and yet her halos were still intact Mercifully "They say he spoke before he died He said, ‘Light cannot be chained’ Do you knohat that means, Gavin?"
"It means we have a problem," Gavin said quietly
"Itto reveal itself And that means we have a probleo, I know you’ve other things inquestions I’ll handle all this You…" She waved him toward Karris "You handle all that" And then she winked
"Thank you," Gavin said He ht have blushed a little
"No, Gavin, thank you," the White said "Thank you"
Of course, it wasn’t as easy as si back to his room The room had to be searched--and Gavin held his breath when they searched the closet--and then guards had to be posted Marissia sat on her little slave’s stool by the door, looking like she was trying to be invisible to Karris, but didn’t want to leave without being dis Gavin absolutely refused to have a Blackguard in the rooued, he gave Marissia a glance and a tiny wave She looked grateful, and slipped out the door silently
"Mht be… preoccupied, Lord Prism," Watch Captain Blademan said dryly What, did Ironfist offer a class in that attitude? "So up to her balcony; we’re not leaving you in danger"