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"I am not your sister I am only a wretched Yet maybe…just maybe I can help you" She squeezed her hands in frustration Why wouldn’t he believe her? "The Aldermaston will not let them kill me He is not that vicious"

"I do not even knohere I aet there?"

"IIf what I have heard is true, Garen De at Winterrowd"

His eyes blazed, his expression frantic "This you learned fro place?"

"How else would I have heard it? Do you knohere Winterrowd is? If you are not Garen Demont, then you are loyal to hi to hed heavily A haggard look crossed his face She knew she had won "I am not Demont Demont was the Earl of Liester My father, the Earl of Forshee The earldoms border each other In a few months, I reach ht now,with dread "My naave him a satisfied s enough to tellthe rebellion?"

"I am"

"Where is Winterrowd?"

"I do not know It is a coastal toest of here Somewhere in this Hundred Deo Do you know of it?"

She shook her head

"It borders our realm to the north, separated by a little water, but there are ports on the south side not far froh boats Much faster than traveling by land When I learned about the suht-maston, was to meet me at the outskirts of Muirwood Abbey and lead ht you here?" Lia asked

"I do not know I never met the man"

"He seemed to know you"

"I would not doubt it Perhaps he was told Perhaps I e first, but did not feel safe there, even with a stor Tooat one of the inns, I rode south, and then circled back towards the abbey another way Soht I escaped hi a noise, turning around, and soht I had been captured When I awoke, I was in the kitchen, sick to otten that part," she replied, wincing at the ht you to the kitchen Youhe was there to guide you"

"Indeed And yet I worry I have been thinking on it and it e, whoever it ho saved h man to h the stone doorway and stood facing the sky "Because they were searching for me at the Abbey yesterday" He turned and looked at her "How else would they have knoas here? Hoould they have known to search the kitchen?"

Lia sed Thatback for you tonight Is he?"

Colvin – that was his name – looked troubled "I fear he will not, and I do not know the way to Winterrowd"

"If the sheriff’sfor you, the road will be watched"

"If I stay at Muirwood under the Alder in vain That is why I do not claim the protection of sanctuary The Abbey may protect my life, but it can easily become a prison with the Alder hio on De’s men are on the hunt and know about Winterrowd"

Lia sed, feeling worse "The sheriff said last night that the king was coent that I leave," he said darkly "My horse – where is he? You can helpquickly Then she re – the orb in the Alderht that shone like a lamp "I can lead you to your horse Maybe I can also help you find the way to Winterrowd"