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His eyes narrowed "I was about to order your execution But I suggest we start with your prient will follow"

"No!"

"Then do as I say! Sign the papers lanced at Harlowe, but read nothing fron the Harloithdrew a knife and placed it at his neck Harlowe cocked his head away, but his eyes were on me They were calan said, "You atch him die, Jaron, here and now And you will know that all of this could have been prevented if you would only bow to an said, "Kill hian, you ask everything of ive ents to discuss your proposal I need their advice" Vargan looked unconvinced, but I added, "I proan waved us away, back to the sails led me away first, with Harlowe not far behind Terrowic, thearound for theil withwill have your head if he finds out"

"My vigils never lose their keys," Ihis fingers deeper intowith the increased speed, but ain and worry Harlowe He already seeh

There had only been two sets of chains attached to the wall Tobias was still bound to one, and when I walked in with Harlowe, he sat up in surprise but said nothing They returned me to the other chains With no other alternative, Harloas taken to a corner and ordered to sit and nottaken an additional ils folded their arainst the wall

"We won’t speak a word until you’re gone," I said "Your king promised us an hour of privacy to discuss his proposal Do you want to explain the delay, or shall I?"

The vigils looked at each other, then exited When I was sure they had gone, I immediately asked Harlowe, "How did you knoas alive?"

"Mott has stayed hidden close to the caet anywhere near you We didn’t know about Tobias, but I’lad he’s been here to help you"

"I’d have done more for him, if I could have," Tobias said

Harlowe sratitude" Then he turned back to me "We couldn’t rescue you, so we decided to force you to rescue yourself"

"If I could escape, I’d have done it already You sacrificed yourself for nothing!"

"I’ve made no sacrifice, Your Majesty We will all escape here safely I know you well enough to see when yourNow, tell en’s death I didn’t trust that I could do any better for Harlowe and Tobias this ti had a very definite outcoh it required a bit of , I was able to withdraw the key from my coat and free myself Then I freed Tobias, who crept over to Harlowe and set to work at his chains

"Can either of you fight?" I asked "I’m afraid I won’t be ," Tobias said "But I’ll do what I can"