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I staggered fro toI had been out of it By the ti no energy to face anyone, I headed straight for the inn I wouldn’t tell anyone about Finn Not yet He had the warden’s per his job--my questions about the SMU worried hioing to waste effort trying to solve this one on ht, I woke, convinced Finn hovered over ht, and scanned the shadows No one A shudder rattled my teeth as I realized how easy it had been for Finn to fool ainst hied Maybe I should deal with Finnand inexperienced Opal would have reported him to the Councilor and tried to convince her of his ht away This concerned Valek just as ally obtained private information about both of us

I mentally checked Finn off my to-do list He had to knoasn’t here to help anyone escape from the SMU If I avoided him, I should be fine until Valek arrived I would concentrate allmy blood Then it hit me I had to assume Finn knew all about my mission Damn

My sore s I hopped down and paced the rooy and fast Finn could decide to find round for a laugh

I reviewed all that I had learned since arriving in Fulgor The warden, Finn and the hotshots I sorted through htened with the dawn, I for I would sneak into Wirral and ask Ulrick , Zebb sat at his desk For better or for worse, Zebb was part of the tearound search on him had uncovered an exemplary service record We still didn’t like each other, but we tolerated each other’s presence

"Zebb, do you still have that glass er?"

He straightened, instantly wary "Yeah Why?"

"I need you to contact Leif Zaltana for encies and Council business only"

"This is Council business I have an idea about who may have attacked the Councilor, but I need more information" He hesitated

"Should I bother the Councilor for peroat from his pocket and peered into its depths "Leif better have one," he gruiven him extras

Zebb concentrated and then asked in a distracted voice, "What do you want to know?"

"Ask hiood was ever a student at the Keep" I waited

Eventually Zebb put the goat down "He doesn’t recognize the naet back to me Do you think this Finn is involved in the attack?"

"It’s possible, and I’d like to kno strong he is"

"Anything else?" Zebb asked His flippant tone indicated he didn’t think I would request any

"Yes Can you contact Yelena Zaltana?"