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The nextsession She watched me spar a third-year student I blocked his practice sith ht sai and yanked it from his hands Match over

"Impressive," Irys said

"I couldn’t use thatbrute would have unarmed me in seconds

"But you would have used another tactic for an apprentice"

"True"

"You’ve gotten quite the reputation out here" Irys gestured to the training yard Students practiced drills and sparred each other "Has anyone beaten you besides Captain Marrok and Sarn?"

I searchedin a fight with Valek or Yelena" Or Finn Considering how short that list was, I straightened a bit

"Then it’s a good thing they’re your friends And, speaking of friends, Pazia is looking forward to your visit"

"Great When is Vasko leaving?"

"He isn’t He has aze "You were right about hiood reason to be"

"As my father would say, only one way to find out"

"Make sure you visit Councilor Moon before you go And take someone with you for backup, just in case," Irys ordered "How about Leif?"

"And listen to hi his neife? No thanks I’ll find soered another question I had for Irys "Do you reh the Keep around the same time as Yelena, maybe with Leif?" I described Finn to Irys "He’s powerful enough that I think he would have stood out aers on the wooden fence "There were a nu all raduate who didn’t stay and work for the Council? I couldn’t have been the only one to branch out on my own"

"There have been a few Vasko for one, his children and probably a bunch of his nieces and nephews They’re all invested in the family business and too rich and powerful to work for the Council And since they’re all so worried about their children being kidnapped, h here under different names"

"But you knew about Pazia and now Walker"

"The faicians, but no one else Pazia thought her father was paranoid and refused to go undercover It’s the sa a low profile Unlike his sister"

Except with h the records while you’re gone Maybe a name will jump out at me"

I thanked her and hurried to the bathhouse

After a quick bath, I headed to the glass workshop to talk torooredients Her loose golden curls had been pinned back fro the different types of sand She poured them into the dru on its side She spun the barrel a few tiredients to lass