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Gareth rubs a hand down his face, the stubble ticking against his palm “I saw”
“Then you know si”
“Let’s assulances around “I see five of you How do you plan to bring down a city?”
Silaze to me “Silmaran sees all”
That saying Even the children at the fountain knew its significance Silhter, she’s a syot more at your back”
“An entire city, each slave prepared to fight for freedoht the spark that sets it all aflame”
The spark is already lit inside me A world without slaves Freedo or a lesser fae I never thought it was possible The winter realrow Not when the entire su But an uprising? In the worst slaver city of them all? That could set off a chain reaction that sees the end of shackles and forced labor throughout the lands “We have to help them” I pull on Gareth’s arm
He patsway “We have to do no such thing”
“This fight belongs to you, to me, to everyone in the realms”
“I want slavery to end I always have But you want to start this uprising at the Bazaar” Gareth alroans “Where this Lord Zatran will be surrounded by powerful fae with powerful bodyguards Where they will be ars Where only a fool would venture if he wasn’t invited”
“Yes Exactly” She nods “We have two days to finish preparations”
“Two days?” he scoffs
“That’s really soon, though it does delay us” I tapto Clotty Hmm—”
“Neh the Abyss” Silet you past it in half the time”
I crane my head to whisper in Gareth’s ear “Could definitely work for us”
A er and death do not work for us”
“They’ve worked for us so far I’m in” I try to stand, but Gareth keeps me next to him
“Hold on, changeling We can’t—”
“I said I’m in” I wrestle free from his arm and take Silmaran’s hand “I ca with starting a rebellion along the way Besides, we need your help to navigate the Abyss”
“And supplies, too,” Silmaran chirps As it is, you’re destitute and have zero food, water, or kno to survive the journey”
I nod right along with her “Right Agree Let’s kill some slave masters, and then we can all traipse over to the Abyss Easy”
Sil past me, she offers her hand to Gareth “And you?”
Gareth gru to work”
I turn to hi my most flirtatious look “Can you please help us start a rebellion?”
Atinto his irises “What will you give me in return?”
I try to feign disapproval “You would bargain for innocent lives?”
“You want ive me some incentive”
I don’t think for one second that he needs any encourageain In fact, based on the way ain
“What do you want?” I simper
He pulls me to his chest “You knohat I want”
Soulps
“You can’t have that We already have an agreereement to the Spires! I want him so badly that I’m almost ready to leave Clotty to her fate But I have to stay strong Right? Yes For … reasons Staying strong I clench ether
“Then what can I have, wily changeling?” He licks his lips as his eyes turn a full old I shouldn’t want his feral to come all the way out, to show me the power that rests inside the winter warrior, but I do Oh, how I do
“You can have…” I chew my bottom lip
He follows the aze, and he slides one hand to my ass “Yes?”
So forward My thoughts start to fuzz as I feel the warainst my bottom
“If you’ll excuse us,” someone mumbles, and the room clears with haste Even Chastain limps aith Silmaran under one of his arms