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"How could the Fool have decapitated lass, Aric hts" He knocked back his drink

"Matthew doesn’t have a violent bone in his body" Or I’d thought he didn’t

"I told you he was the ent Arcana ever to play, but you continued to see hier

Aric poured another shot "On the subject of secrets, you didn’t tell me your line had chronicles"

"I didn’t know"

"Why would the Tarasova not tell you?"

I rubbedere separated Things in randame

For all Aric’s power plays--and despite our history--he was the only one on earth that I could truly trust Which, again, made it hard to stay pissed at hi "You didn’t relad of that" After a hesitation, he said, "You have the answer to your question, so begone"

"You’re kicking ht we could talk

He sank back in his seat "You s will never be the same as they were"

In the weeks before I’d fled the castle, I’d been happy with hi for him more each day "I know that But I can still miss the ere"

Tension stole over hihts?" He wasn’t asking only about the nights e’d read and drank and talked in this study My last night at the castle And that night on the way to the Lovers "Do you ever think about hoere then?"

Aric never lied to me; I wouldn’t to him "Yes"

"And yet" He exhaled "Not only did you choose another ht to reverse time for him"

"Not just for him For all those people, and for Selena, and for you"