Bellar hesitated only a second more. Then he locked Mark’s chains to the bars of my cell and turned to do what I asked him. He still didn’t trust us completely, but at least he knew he had to call for Aria. After all, Aria was a strong woman, a sorceress with the power to yield wills, we were no match for someone like her, and she was the most suitable one to extract our secrets and separate the lies from the truths in our words.
“Seriously, this is the dumbest plan I have ever heard of.” Mark’s voice suddenly brought me out of my thoughts. “Couldn’t you just shoot the bastard?”
“I don’t expect you to understand,” I whispered and turned my back on him.
There was nothing more to say, no way that I could make him see what I saw. It was too late, I let him down too many times already. I ju
