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“I should be going with you.” Cati shoved stockings into my bag. “I should be going instead of you. What does Liam think he’s playing at?”
“I’m happy to help.” I passed her the few fresh rolls I’d been granted, along with the packet of hardtack and dried meat Marta had given me for the journey.
Marta hadn’t said a word to me as she passed off the food, turned on her heel, and hurried away.
“If he needs a woman, it should be one who hasn’t just arrived here,” Cati said. “I don’t want to hurt your feelings, Ena, but it’s not as though you’re ready for a fight.”
“I know that,” I said.
Liam had warned me not to tell anyone of our plans to mix poison. I didn’t know why it mattered if Cati knew or not, but I’d only just been allowed to join the Black Bloods and had actually wheedled my
