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‘You take this room’ Raffe points to the room across the hall ‘I’ll take the couch’ His voice is casually co everyone obey him

‘There’s no real couch Just an antique settee made for ladies half your size’

‘I’ve slept on rocks in the snow A cra to hurt me’

‘No, she’s won’t You’ll be too far away to tempt her while you’re asleep and vulnerable’

I’ue I peek into her roo intosun shines its warh theof my room and onto the bed There are dried wildflowers on the bedside table, adding a splash of purples and yellows The scent of roseh the open

I take off ainst the bed within easy reach The teddy bear sits on top of the gauzy dress that covers the sword’s scabbard I’ve felt a tinge of e off it ever since we’ve been back with Raffe It’s both happy to be near him and sad to be forbidden to hiive it a little pat

Normally, I sleep inthat way It’s unco room reminds me of what it was like before ere scared all the time

I decide this will be one of those rare times when I can sleep coe through the clothes I found earlier

There’s not much of a choice, but I make the best of what’s there I choose the cropped T-shirt and the men’s boxers The T-shirt is loose but fits okay It cotois frayed and unraveling, but they’re clean, and the elastic isn’t too tight

I crawl into bed,at the silky luxury of sheets The secondaway

The soft breeze flows in from the s Part of me knows that it’s sunny outside and warm in the way that October can be sometimes

But another part of me sees thunderstorarden view turns into storm clouds as I drift deeper into sleep

I’ed away to the Pit in chains The spikes in their necks and foreheads, wrists and ankles drip blood as the hellions ride theh my shen I was at the Resistance ca with the blade this tiaboutin the sword’s lides down, brushing hands with a few of the newly Fallen as he heads toward the earth below I see their faces as Raffe touches hands with theroup of Fallen el warriors who fell for loving Daughters of Men