ena
ancient oak, watching the narrow dirt path. I had secretly paid three low-ranking War
Lyra tumbled into a bed of muddy leav
h the shadows, my sce
tea. A few minutes later, Silas lurched from his study with such violence that his chair scra
ing his coat. "An emergen
acid concern, while my free hand pressed the activatio
before the d
ening device in his coat lining
You are assuming the role of Alph
self a small,
ed in Silas's spare clothes. He looked exhausted, his attem
sly relaxed the guard on my own scent, allowing it to spill
r a fraction of a second, his pupil
urred, winding my a
gid. "Luna... I must pr
t to me, eyes avoiding mine. I took the cup, maintaining unwavering eye contact. Then,
fell slack
upstairs. I require your assistance in ch
looking-glass. Gideon remained by the d
se, allowing the silk to whisper down my shoulders and pool at my fe
knuckles white. The veins in his neck stood out like thick cords. A brutal war was being wag
squeezed his eyes shut. "You
phone buzzed. A text from
o a territory with no extradition treaty.
to Silas's study. The door was aj
annot compel me to maintain this charade fo
r open. Gideon d
oom, locked the
his true name for the first time.
tending? Do you wish to
swer. He did
ast chain broke - and the wo
d next... I ne
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