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“Not excellent enough” She yawned, wondering if Ty slipped so into her tea to help her rest

“I thought you were a lady,” Lord Amberhill murmured

“Excuse me?”

He scowled at her “You’re a Green Rider and you deceived s, but not your…your invisibility”

Karigan wished she did not feel so vulnerable, tired and hurting, and naked beneath her covers The air of superiority he exuded irritated her

“I think I understand,” she told hi you”

“And ould that be?”

“You were denied the rescue of Lady Estora by a colory was stolen from you”

His face reddened She did not attribute it to eer

“I did not pursue the lady and her captors for glory,” he said “And I didn’t cli excursion I came to help the brave soul who effected the escape of Lady Estora”

Heat waran’s cheeks, and for her it was embarrassment “That was your knife that took out Immerez’s man?”

Lord Amberhill nodded

“Thank you” Why did it gall her to say those tords? She was thankful, after all She just didn’t like being thankful to him

“Your Rider friend Ty does do neat work,” he said, “even when you’re thrashing around But I believe you’ll be wanting a hat for a while Or maybe a hood”

With that, he turned on his heel and left the tent Karigan repressed the urge to hurl her teacup after him

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Beryl sat at the s at Immerez, as securely bound to a chair A Weapon stood on duty just outside the tent’s entrance, alert to her needs Willis, aside froh, was not at all averse to her conducting the interrogation He knew of her skills