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Dorian laughed He knew "Oh,onto Solon’s arms "You did well"

"You look well, too," Feir said "You were fat when you left Look at you now A decade of ht"

Solon smiled, but the smile faded fast "Dorian, seriously, I have to know Did you nus? I thought you’d said Lord Gyre and not Duke Gyre, but when I got here, there were two lords Gyre Did I do the right thing?"

"Yes, yes They both needed you, and you saved both of them several times So Solon had done was soan’s friendship with Kylar "But I won’t lie to you Keeping your secret was soht you would have shared it years ago Down nus Gyre will lose his life"

"I’m a coward," Solon said

"Pah," Feir said "You’re s, Solon, but you’re not a coward"

Dorian kept silent, and let his eyes speak empathy He knew differently Solon’s silence had been cowardice Dozens of tie to risk his friendship with Regnus Gyre The worst of it was that Regnus would have understood and laughed about it, if he’d heard it fro deceit in a friend felt like betrayal to a man who’d had his fiancée sold out frorown," Solon said

"Yes, he’s truly insufferable now," Feir said

"I’m surprised the brothers at Sho’cendi let you come here," Solon said

Dorian and Feir looked at each other

"You left without perainst their direct orders?"

"Worse," Dorian said

Feir barked a laugh that told Solon he’d been put into another plan of Dorian’s that he couldn’t believe

"What did you do?" Solon asked

"It belonged to us, really We’re the ones who found it again They didn’t have any right," Dorian said

"You didn’t"

Dorian shrugged

"Where is it?" Solon asked Froht it here?!"

Feir walked to the little bed and threw back the blankets Curoch lay sheathed on the bed The scabbard hite leather, inlaid with gold Hyrillic script and capped with gold