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Chaol sighed through his nose "I’rin at him "Cain is the most likely candidate You’re from Anielle--you should knowMountains"

He ran a hand through his short hair "You should ton’s Champion"

"And I’m the Crown Prince’s Champion!" She flipped her hair over a shoulder "I should think that means I can accuse whomever I please"

"Just tell htened, staring into his golden-brown eyes "As h if the king wants me questioned, I can always tell hi, and she hid her smile as a faint line of color crept into his cheeks He said, "I’m sure you’ll be evena lesson today"

She grinned at that, and sighed dramatically as she slid back under the blankets and nestled into her pillows "Immensely pleased" She pulled the blankets up to her chin and batted her eyelashes at hi for another five hours" A lie, but he bought it

She closed her eyes before she could see the glare he gave her, and smiled to herself when she heard him stalk out of the room It was only when she heard him slam the doors to her room that she sat up

The Chaht in her dream--no, it hadn’t been a drea creaturesHad Xavier been killed by one of them? But they’d been in the tomb; there was no way they could have been in the castle halls without soot to the body before it was found Very, very hungry verain, and leapt out from under the blankets She needed a few more makeshift weapons, and a way to fortify the locks on her s and doors

Even as she readied her defenses, she kept assuring herself that it was nothing to worry about at all But with a few hours of freedoht as many of them with her as possible as she locked the door to her bedrooth of the to here that explained Elena’s ht be Absolutely nothing

In the dayti all the dustsnoas it possible that there was light so far beneath the castle? Celaena paused beneath the grate in the ceiling, peering up at the light flowing through it

Sure enough, the sides of the shaft shiold, if itthe sun’s rays all the way down here

Celaena stalked between the two sarcophagi Though she’d brought three of her rowling and screeching last night And no trace of Elena, either

Celaena paused beside Elena’s sarcophagus The blue geht

"What was your purpose in tellingoff of the intricately carved walls "You’ve been dead for a thousand years Why still bother with Erilea?"

And why not get Dorian or Chaol or Neheer on the queen’s pert nose "One would think you’d have better things to do with your afterlife" Though she tried to grin, her voice cao; even with her bedroo for her sooner or later And she highly doubted that anyone would believe her if she told theed with a very important mission by the first Queen of Adarlan In fact, she realized with a griic-using It would certainly guarantee her return to Endovier

After a final sweep of the to useful here And besides, if Elena wanted her to be the King’s Cha dohatever this evil was It would probably hurt her chances of winning, actually Celaena hurried up the steps, her torch casting odd shadows on the walls If this evil was as threatening as Elena made it seeht of so

No It wasn’t that at all Celaena huffed She’d focus on becoo about finding this evil

Maybe

An hour later, flanked by guards, Celaena held her chin high as they strode through the halls toward the library She s chevaliers they passed--and sown She couldn’t blame them; the dress was spectacular And she was spectacular in it Even Ress, one of the handsouards posted outside her rooms, had said so Naturally, it hadn’t been too difficult to convince hily to herself as she nodded to a passing nobleht of her He was immensely pale, she noticed as he opened his , but Celaena continued down the hall Her steps quickened at the ru male voices that echoed off the stones as they neared a bend