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new claiming marks lay.
She hummed, and offered him a bite of the
bread she’d already dug into while gathering
the rest of her food. He obliged, the bread
thick and hearty, then said, “You were asleep
when I left a few minutes ago, yet you
somehow beat me to the breakfast table.”
Another kiss to her neck. “Why am I not
surprised?”
Elide laughed beside Aelin, piling food
onto her own plate. Aelin only elbowed him as
he fell into line beside her.
The four of them ate quickly, refilled their
waterskins at the fountain in an interior
courtyard, and set about finding armor. There
was little on the upper levels that was fit for
wearing, so they descended into the keep,
deeper and deeper, until they came across a
locked room.
“Should we, or is it rude?” Aelin mused,