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“I’et down here,” Hadriel said Leala had stayed behind in the tower to put everything away and order up a tray of bread and cheese for whenever I wandered back up I hadn’t wanted to be rushed I’d brave the deht it was the one thing you wanted above all else in the castle”

“In the castle, yes” I felt the nervous excite the nulling elixir was more important”

“You’re a good human, Finley” His tone was uncharacteristically serious “You’re a good reminder of what life outside of this accursed castle could be”

“We’ll get back to that someday”

“We can’t return to so we never had The nobles were poht-fisted ass They worried about themselves and their kind and looked down on the common man We would’ve been taxed for a cure”

I reed “Desperate times, as they say”

“Indeed”

Hadriel put out his hand to stopthe doorclick, and then he pulled both doors open at the sa out his hand

“Milady Welcome to the library of your dreams”

I bea the threshold

My stomach dropped out of s together so that I didn’t pee myself

“Oh…” That was all I could get out

He led s My face had lost feeling I si