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"Mother is like that," Bryn whispered with a rin "She worries overmuch This way There are the stairs The common room is over there Watch that floor board, it can trip you"

Lia was grateful for the warning and followed her up the steep steps that rose into the higher levels of the inn She was careful not to jostle the tray and spill any of the contents

"How old is this inn?"

"Since Muiras built When the royalty visit and send their children to learn, there is not roorim is the closest, so we prosper fro’s cousins before"

In heranother of his cousins today as well

"How long has your faht to the top floor and then started down the hall Her stohter with each step What would Colvin do when he saw her Accuse her? Gasp with shock? She had to remedy that

"I was born here," Bryn said "We all were – here in the village Sometimes I wish I was born a wretched and could live in the abbey It is co so near to its walls…its protection But I ere not living on this side"

"You cannot wish you were a wretched," Lia said darkly "No one would wish that"

"My brother almost was Brant is not my real brother Well, he is now But he was not born to my parents But the Aldermaston made him so He is my brother, and now his blood is the sa is your family?"

Lia bit her lip "I cannot say Is that the door? Be ready"

Bryn opened it for her

She did not recognize any of the sheriff’s men and thanked the Medium for the mercy