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"I guess we’ll need to experiment e have some time" Valek tapped theto split up, and search all the cities we can reach between here and Booruby"

"Three? Booruby?"

"You need to go home to help your mother" He slowed his words asto hed "Even spies take tiown or a date I asked Kade But he never replied, so I’ to explain his absence to my mother?"

The humor dropped from his face and an erin? Hard to tell with Valek

He pulled a letter froive you this It’s from Kade"

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I SNATCHED THE LETTER FROM HIS HAND FOLDED es looked as if it had been in his pocket for a while

When I frowned at hio I didn’t want to distract you fro"

"You’re evil Did you know that?"

"So I’ve been told"

Instead of wrapping my hands around his neck, I left the kitchen to find a private place to read Kade’s letter I returned tothe paper, I braced for anger, sarcasht to be upset But there was no hint of any of them

What melted my heart was his sadness He wanted to understand why I ran off to Fulgor and why I asked him not to join me there, but he couldn’t If I really wished for hi, I needed to explain my reasons in person He would wait forseason Then he would be on the coast to harvest the stor between the lines, I realized if I didn’t go, our relationship would be over The thought of not being with Kade struck me like a hard slap to my cheek It clearedI had until the wedding, I rushed to gather s Twenty-five days until the nuptials I needed ten days to reach the heart of Stor me fifteen days to talk to Kade and arrive in Booruby with enough ti my mother a heart attack It would be close