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And seriously, if he’s been Seb’s friend for so long, doesn’t he know his friend is a disaster of a human? Why not talk to him?

Unless that’s treason?

Maybe that’s treason

My feet touch a stone floor, cold even througharound me I’m in another hallway, this one lined withI don’t re this part of the castle before

I turn around, looking behindto re with Miles Montgory to notice s

Aaaaand I’m lost

Like Really lost

Which is stupid because this is a house, not the freaking A house, and it’s filled with more hallways and roooing froht floor? Unless the hallways slope and I didn’t notice

Ugh

I tuck the blanket a littleback the way I came I’m not someone who’s easily spooked, but this is all just a liiiiiitttttle too Gothic for ht Plus, I’d also dealt with having a charht with a stuck-up snob

Not even a full two days intofull Jane Austen

There’s a lamp on one of the nearby hall tables, and I walk over to it, deciding that sos As I flip it on, so above the lamp catches my eye

It’sthe hilt of a knife?

Maybe you can resist pulling out what appears to be a dagger fro, but I’

The h, it’s a short, sharp dagger, juststrapped to the wall Are castles ht? Gotta arm yourself just to walk down a corridor?

"It’s for the painting"

I whirl around, the little knife still inin the doorith his hands clasped behind his back

I look back at the blade "The painting needs a dagger?" I ask "Why? In case it gets in street fights with the other art?"

To my surprise, Miles actually cracks a s of one corner of hisfroh