and we’ll end this the old way.”
Manon debated it. Then shrugged. “I shall
keep this painless. Consider that my debt
owed to you.” Sucking in a breath, Manon
readied for the blow—
“Wait.” The spider breathed the word.
“Wait.”
“From insults to pleading,” Asterin
murmured. “Who is spineless now?”
The spider ignored the Second, her
depthless eyes devouring Manon, then Dorian.
“Do you know what moves in the South?
What horrors gather?”
“Old news,” Vesta said, snorting.
“How do you think I found you?” the
spider asked. Manon stilled. “So many
possessions left at Morath. Your scents all
over them.”
If the spider had found them here that
easily, they had to move out. Now.
lily
(lily)
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