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“But there is no way to prove that there was a woman and he isn’t just lying, sir.” The last word was added hastily as Marat folded his arms again. He seemed to think it made him seem authoritative. “The gates were already closed when I saw her, she has to still be in the city. She was also carrying a bag of dresses and had an accent, I don’t think she lives in Silvercrest. She had to have checked into an inn.” “Do you know how many inns are in this city?” Marat asked. “In the first tier, there are twenty-seven alone,” Acton smiled. “However, it shouldn’t be too difficult to find a young woman traveling alone with a bag full of dresses. She probably also has flashpowder on her as well. It’s something an inn keeper would remember.” …show more content…

“Do you think I couldn’t stand a man hitting me? Do I look that frail to you? You think it would be the first time? You had no business throwing yourself into trouble like that!” “That wasn’t the point, Nahla,” I sighed, completely exhausted. I tried to drink with my non-dominant hand since it was less injured. All I accomplished was spilling it down my shirt. Maggie was going to murder me when she took the clothes to wash them. “I don’t care what the damn point was, it was reckless and foolish.” Nahla walked over to Yuri and fussed over him some more. “I hope some poor girl isn’t going to pay for that foolishness.” I was actually kind of hoping that some poor girl did, though it was wrong of me. True, she had saved my life before, but her being caught saved my life again. If the Illusionist had just done what she had been told, she wouldn’t be in the city now. It was really all her fault. “Kaden,” Acton said as he drained his mug in one gulp. “My dear friend, you now owe me.” That was a gross understatement. I was racking up large debts today and did a really crappy job at repaying the Illusionist. However, I didn’t say anything because I had a bad feeling about what Acton would want me to do to repay him. Acton walked back over to our abandoned table and grabbed his coat and my cloak. “This envelope has the Duke’s official seal. Show it to the guard’s tomorrow morning at six bell tolls. I think that there is something you

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