Xaden's pov
"It's gone." Xavier said, as soon as the study door closed behind him. He extended one that looked exactly like it to me.
"You sure?" I asked.
"Aye, Khaun." He answered.
I smiled. I had set a trap and she had fallen for it.
My hand snuck into the pocket of my breeches, as I stroked the blunt part of the Mirror Blade.
"She fell for it." I spurted.
"We are not sure she took it." Xavier answered.
"True. But she's the first I'm weary of. Whoever is behind this has his people positioned around." I said.
A pained expression crossed Xavier's features. "I don't believe the men who have fought and laboured together with us, are capable of betraying our trust just like that, Khaun." He answered.
"You don't have to believe. It's who they are and would always be." I returned.
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