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"It would save lives," Atroth adds

Is the saving lives part an afterthought? For Radath, I’? I don’t know

"They kept me blindfolded" The words make my head pound Whose side aive Atrothso I wish I could talk to hio back to when I had no doubts about hirowl "She’s useless We shouldn’t have made the trade"

"Not useless, Radath," Atroth says cal She’s trau in me not to touch the scar on the side of my throat "Her time with the rebels was not pleasant"

"They threatened her," Radath agrees "One has to wonder why they kept her alive to begin with What secrets did she tell the She’d never betray us"

I stare down at the water rippling in lass, afraid my expression reveals toothey’ve said Kyol believes inBut do I still believe in him?

"Naito would knohere to find them"

Silence, then Kyol, still as emotionless as ever, says, "She doesn’t know he’s dead"

I’m lucky the shock sinks in slowly I have tiers intoin air I understood Raen’s words, but I didn’t believe them, not until now Naito’s dead Kyol killed him Kyol killed him

God, I’ve been a fool, a despicable, wretched fool Aren told ht I let my love for Kyol blind me I let him use me

Aren I call his name in my head as if he can hear iven him the Sidhe Tol

"McKenzie?" Kyol says beside me

"What?" I force myself to choke out I can’t freak out, not yet

"You re in his expression Did he ever have feelings for ht? He secured my loyalty with a kiss?

"No," I say, "

"She’s holding soeneral’s eyes

"If she knew anything useful," Kyol says "She would tell us"

The dia, Taltrayn You have until dusk to discover what she’s hiding"

"And hoould you like me to pry out what she doesn’t know, Lord General?"

Radath sirl’s in love with you Beat her, bed her, I don’t care, but do what you must to make her cooperate"

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