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BEING LED AROUND THE BUILDING was par for the course. Though she couldn’t say her knowledge about it increased much. She could get from her room to the mess hall and to the training room. Other than that…
They were going somewhere new. The corridors became an ominous rich red color she hadn’t seen at beta before. In situations like that, blood red didn’t signal anything good. Slowing down, it was difficult not to trust Daire, yet he wasn’t exactly acting in her best interests these days. Still, nothing would harm her if he knew what was coming. That was a big if. Anything could be landed on either of them at any second. If he blew his cover, that would be it, the chance for the raid would be over. They’d have to flee alone. What would that mean for the prisoners? For the Scepter?
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