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"You seem as if you knew him," Lia said "You described him perfectly"
"I have never met the man But I aer When he does not get what he wants, he calls it injustice The anger feeds itself and destroys hi from his tome ‘For as the wood of the forest is, so the fire burns And as ato his riches he will increase his anger’ Is it not strange that the more someone has, the less he feels he has? Envy can never be sated"
"This way," Lia directed, thinking on his words It reustin He had a wealthy Abbey and s than she had ever seen before Yet it was not enough He coveted Muirwood and its supposed riches She sighed, longing to be back hos were not as desperate yet
They reached the small conclusion to the tunnel and Lia demonstrated the latch to open it As expected, the room was empty She knew Colvin would be with Hillel and she would be telling hi for hiht The memory of it still burned It was still too new Billerbeck Abbey was their destination That here they would marry
She noticed Martin’s expression as he studied the roos, the simplicity and sparseness of it He nodded with approval
"Thank you," Lia told hirin answered her "I am proud of you, lass Whatever happens, know that I aled to speak as his eyes brimmed with tears "He would be proud of you as well" His jaw clenched shut, and she could see hiue – unable to sayhis bearded cheek and then stole back into the tunnel, anxious to return to the tower and wait for Hillel’s return She would do everything within her power to persuade the girl to leave But if she chose not to go, Lia would leave her trussed up in the room and unconscious
Suspicious and wary, Lia arden
"Lia is here I am astonished that she found us so easily Soain The Aldermaston said it would happen Not directly, but he said that before I could gain my deepest desire, I would face an obstacle to that desire which would seem insurmountable She is the one person who threatens ined her far away, safely away, and that it would be too late e next met But here she is, come all this journey to save us I know she will resentColvin away from her But she does not deserve him It is a mockery to think that a wretched deserves an earl If I were but a wretched at Sefall, I would not aspire to someone like him When I think of her, I remember that terrible dahen Colvin abandoned me to the ossuaries to rescue her It was not until that moment when I realized how much I cared for him, and how much he would not return my love because of her I hate to adlad when she was injured I even secretly hoped she would die She did not There is an iain I a her beneath a mound of stones Colvin is with me I know it is the Medium I do not knohat it means I think the stones are symbols They are concealment They are walls I irl so that he can then in turn care for ht There is a noise"
- Ellowyn Demont of Dochte Abbey
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE:
Dieyre’s Cha stairs outside the tower and her legs throbbed with the exertion The night was cold and windy and threatened to yank her from the steps She focused on the final blocks and reached the balcony ledge as she had before It was nearly ht Sweat trickled down her ribs as she raised her arms and pulled herself over the lip of the balcony Her breath was harsh in her ears and she waited aof her heart Soon, if her plan worked, Colvin and Hillel and Martin would be gone and slipping aith the tide She still had a duty to perforive her warning The orb would guide her on the safest route to hied to be back at Vezins, aboard the Holk with the others and casting off The feeling of Dochte Abbey filled her with dark thoughts Soered in the stones
The door was shut froap There was little light – only a few candles burning, filling the roo at the dance Lia pushed on the doors and they opened soundlessly There was no one inside Her heart filled with courage, knowing she would have time to search the room and learn of Hillel’s existence at Dochte First, she needed to find a place to hide