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I was learning a lesson, painfully: ht Or die
When Aric and I just stared at each other, Lark ot you two haveunresolved issues"
My need for revenge overshadowed everything The Emperor was all I could think about now I felt as if I hadn’t taken a real breath since the htmares All-business, I asked Aric, "What do you think Richter will do next?"
Aric’s demeanor was equally emotionless "In time, he and his alliance will locate us If Fortune finds another helicopter, she could fly the Emperor here when he is at full power If she acquires a military helicopter, she could fire on us herself, even deployingus to any attack in advance"
Lark lifted her chin "Daht"
Her ani systeht me about that the day my mother had died The day we’d burned down Haven and escaped together
To keep froined how Richter would look when I injected him with poison--the first time
"But we’ll be blind whenever she sleeps," Aric said "So the Priestess keeps watch through her rivers She has surrounded this area ater and controls the only road to the castle"
I so for Circe to let him pass "Did she spare me because of you?"
He knocked back a shot "Ask her"
I intended to I’d been talking to puddles all this ti dawned onfora defense I need the Eaze fell on one of his shelves "I forfeited the one weapon that could have defeated hi javelin? He’d stolen it frouarded it for ain my favor--he’d used the weapon intended for Richter
In order to win ret
Selena had died anyway I’d chosen another man, and Aric had ht of the e fate "Then I will kill hirandalleons, cracking thes If I could tap into my full potential
"The Tarasova will have more information about your abilities," he said "I can help you train But even if we felt confident of a victory, hoe find the Eet vengeance nauseated er It felt an awful lot like enduring--which was a slippery slope toward acceptance "Lark and Circe will find hi the area for Finn--and Richter I’ll onna et lost" She rose with her ferret "Oh, here," she said, reaching into her pocket She handedAric’s gaze onto do with Jack--