Adrianna, I know you like him, but he was never truly your friend.” “Your Highness, you must see that he’s being set up by Leveria. I knew it the moment I saw the caravan ride through the gate from my high tower. They’d rape me if they got their hands on me. “Shit.” I muttered. “She had it under the pillow.” Percian said. Foreigners can have such strange appetites, and Alkandra has a reputation to uphold.” She adjusted my robe, and smiled broadly, “If you have the right entrepreneurial spirit, it should only take you a year to pay me back the money I so generously loaned you. I stopped. “Fifteen.”
“Shit.” I dared a peek around the wall. I saw figures at the end of every alleyway. She whimpered, resting her head in her hands, looking back at me. I had seen her cruelty, intelligence, and daring, but I had never truly grasped it until then. I caught it as I rushed after him, and tossed it end-over-end to its owner. No one deserves to die like that, Matthew. That’s where all our whale oil’s going. I went into the back of the carriage and kissed Huntiata goodbye, then made my way into my manor. The window was lit, and if I squinted, I almost thought I could see her standing
