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I squeeze my eyes shut, then focus on the fae An abira tree is etched into the center of his jaedric cuirass, so he’s with the Court, but he’s not Taber, the fae Kyol said he’d send for lish is thickly accented

Carla stops talking The tilance tells -covered ?" she demands

"Of course," he says s to figure out e’re both being summoned

Carla crosses her ar"

"The question before that"

"Now, Shane," the fae says So in his tone tells e Shane to hurry They’ve worked together before

"I need to go out for a little while" Shane scoots his chair back fro out with a fae I don’t know, but I wanton with Carla sitting here, I stand, too

"Out where?" She transfers her glare from Shane to me, then back

"For a walk," he says

She stands "A walk Now? With her?"

Their argu with us He tells her no flat-out and leaves her in the breakfast roo No more than three minutes pass before we’re outside, but the fae isn’t happy with the delay He sets off at what, for hi to keep up

"Where are you fissuring us?" I ask

He barely glances my way "Haeth"

Haeth is a city in the southeastern corner of the Realm It’s near the Adaris Mountains I’ve only been there once, several years ago, to use its gate With the Kerrel Ocean to its north and the mountains to the east, it’s a beautiful place, one I wouldn’t uaranteed The Courtthe rebels are there Whether they are or not, I don’t know

Shane’s house backs up to a golf course It’sand the sky is crystal clear, so we aren’t the only ones out Groups of golfers are waiting for the people in front of them to play so they can take their turns They’re not happy when they have to hold their swings while we cross the course

"Did the sword-lad Shane is withto eneral? He usually suh Taltrayn"

When we reach the woods on the far side of the course, I take the imprinted necklace off ive us anchor-stones e reach the gate, and if I fissured with two againstmy orders," the fae says

"Is Taltrayn in Haeth?"

When he doesn’t answer, I stop walking "I’ unless he’s there" I’ve shadow-read with fae other than Kyol before, but not often, and it was alith someone I knew Besides, I just escaped the rebels, and I told Kyol I want to retire I don’t want to be thrust back into the war

Shane stops besidetells me Taltrayn will be pissed if she ends up in Haeth"

Shane’s backing surprises ets involved in things that don’t really impact him