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"How do you live like this?" I asked. "How do you live and look at other people when they know what you`ve done?" <...> "Carefully. Sadly." Amethyst wrapped an arm around me, pulling me to my feet, and wiped away my tears dripping down my neck. "Because we must. Because those who care to know us understand." "Because if…

"Attempted murder I can handle. Don`t think I can handle you romancing me." "You`re not my type. You`re very short." Maud stared down her nose at me, blinking slowly. "Plus, it`s completely against the rules. I can`t get promoted if I`m fired." "You`re shorter than me, you know." "Doesn`t change your height, does it?"

"What did you normally do during the day?" He slid a palm down my arm and forced my elbow to move. "Don`t lock up. You`ll drop your sword." "Slept a lot. Worked the crowd when the market was busy." I pushed myself through the first motion he`d shown us, body so light I`d float away if not for the heaviness in my stomach.…

Food, a room, and no fear of getting robbed the moment I turned my back -- I could get used to this. Should get used to this. It would be this way till I died, no matter if that was tonight or twenty years from now. Might get stabbed to death at any moment, but that could happen anywhere.

"There are only three rules while you are here: kill your competition, do not get caught doing so, and do not harm anyone outside of the audition. If any member of the Left Hand has significant evidence of your involvement in a death -- enough to secure an arrest and sentencing were you brought before court -- you will be…

"Lady, help me." I tilted my head to the sunny sky, looking to where The Lady`s stars would be tonight. There was no room for gods in a world of monsters and monstrous men, but tradition endured.