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Ignoring us won’t change anything, Adelina Your sister will still die And you’ll be happy about it, won’t you?

The whispers push atio’s voice beside ain I relax a little in my seat and look over at hi," I say "I’io

He lets out a grunt of approval as he tears into a leg of roast hare "Perhaps he’s heard ruainst you Violetta ht not even be with hiht of Raffaele--and instantly, I iine him on the deck of Queen Maeve’s ship, surrounded by fla the prince, looking back athis head in despair If justice is what you seek, Adelinayou will not find it like this

"They are in Tamoura," I say a little too loudly, in an atte with the Golden Triad there Their rulers ainstto trick you into a lance that doesn’t et you alone in a rooet instead is an army" He throws back the rest of the drink in his cup, visibly reacting to how strong it is, and then clears some space on the table before us He pulls out a wrinkled parch this with him everywhere lately, so I’m already familiar with it It is his battle plan for Ta up all the maps I can find of the landscape around Alah walls, but if we can get up here"--he points to a strange outcropping of cliffs thatthe eastern side of the city--"we can find a way to get over the walls"

"And hoe do that?" I ask, folding my arms "Baliras can’t fly that far inland, not in a Sunland desert They’ll suffocate in the dry air"

The instant I say it, I know the answer I glance at Sergio, who gives me a sly smile as he pours himself a cup of water instead of wine "I think I know soive hi forward in io’s calculations I’m impressed with the way he has split up the rest of our io’s eyes sweep once over the festivities, out of habit I follow his gaze Off in the corner, a path is being cut through the crowd, causing cheers and taunts to go up The entertainio replies "We’ll defeat the your marble floors"

Our conversation pauses as the processionInquisitors who now gleefully shove forward several people with bound arms They stumble and fall, then crouch into some resemblance of a bow in my direction All around theoblets

"Your Majesty!" one of the Inquisitors calls up to liainst the black "Found these four in the streets and brought the the wordto pass as one of us with false s"

At that, the crowd--all of whom are round I peer at theet a closer look One is an oldwoman The third is a boy, barely out of childhood, while the fourth is a girl needded, still wearing double bands around one of her fingers I can tell the girl is the one as trying to wear false ainst her skin looks disturbed, where an Inquisitor must have smeared his hand across it

"Burn them all!" someone yells, and this is met with a thunderous cheer

"Let’s have soiano’s eyesanymore Their fear and hatred fill this place The whispers chitter again, fully awake now, and the terror wafting off the four prisoners fillsme I take them in and feel little pity After all, not much time has passed since they once stood by and watched as the h the streets and set ablaze, saw our families stoned to death by crowds of enthusiastic onlookers We used to be the ones to sneak powders and potions fros How quickly our forerly they smear colors on themselves in an attempt to be more like us

Why shouldn’t we cheer their punishone silent too I look on as an Inquisitor lights a torch frolances expectantly at me So does everyone else The noise fades as they wait for my command

I aive theive aze turns to the treest, the boy He stares back at me with vacant eyes Beside hih forhatred in the