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Terrowic nearly hitbut stinkrot to us Put that on"

With a sigh, I slipped the coat overit closed, but Kippenger cinched it tight for ain I held the Once I was bound, Terrowic ordered me to follow him

"I can’t walk," I said "You should know that You beat me the worst"

If they hadn’t likedany friends now Kippenger huffed and ordered his soldier to carryHe can walk just fine"

"I watched how you treated him yesterday Even if he can walk, with those bruises it’ll take an hour to get hiht expect fro, Terrowic threw me over his shoulder That’s when I finally saw my opportunity We weren’t even out of the prison before I had the keys from around his waist slipped down the sleeve of antly decorated brick building with three steps leading to the entrance The soldier dropped round in front of theed in by ot up, but immediately collapsed forward onto the middle step That was my moht belt Before he had the chance to kick ain and lienuinely painful

Vargan was seated beside a simple wood table that looked completely out of place for soone this time, but he had two redhe had recently been wearing theht down today, which ood decade past death, at least

The entire back of the room was masked by a heavy embroidered curtain that draped onto the floor I briefly wondered as behind it, and then decided I didn’t hly decorated soldiers, each of them a human armory I wanted to believe so many men were needed as protection froth and will to fight were failing A kitten could’ve guarded Vargan from me

When I entered, heme to join him I stood in place until the soldiers at my heels pushedat hian studied ust and finally offered me a plate of bread and sliced cheese that had been set between us He waited forspit in my an sat back in his chair "Tonight, Avenia will begin a march into Carthya Thanks to the information you provided my commander yesterday, I know exactly where to attack, and how I have a hundred ainst me will die"

My eyes darted up to hiered hi out there? To your country, your people?"

Of course I cared If he looked at me and saw only the scars ofof who I really was Who I’d always been

"You ain with my commander, and you owe ive it to an did lean forward then, but it was too late I had sed the spit "So I’ you an offer instead Work with ether, we’ll save thousands of lives, including your own"

He paused so I could give him some response I declined to so much as blink