In the darkness I heard his chains clink as he moved. I grabbed his hand so he could not check and discover the keys gone. “Don’t. He might see. Just tell me you still have them.”
“I…I think so,” Saffira hesitated. “I don’t know if I can—”
“What do the keys open?” I asked, before he could begin to voice his doubts.
“The little one will open my cell door,” Saffira said absently, as though he was a child reciting tables. “I must wait until Reni brings the knife. The next key opens the gates to Father’s offices. I will go in after the servants leave, when he is alone. The last key opens the door to his chamber.”
“Then what do you do?” I asked.
“I’m not going to forget that part.” He fell silent in the darkness. “You’re not here to rescue me,” he said, after a long enough pause that I tho
