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Reya is known as the Crimson Dagger, the most notorious thief in the whole of Rhiterra. This is a place where magic isn’t allowed, and anyone in hiding is snuffed out as quickly as possible. Reya has learned how to survive by following three strict rules, but one of them is about to be broken.
That man? Caelan Halcyon, an immortal warrior who harnesses magic, and that makes him a valuable target. However, he’s suffering from a curse that inches close to his heart. Any closer, and he’s going to die. He doesn’t want to work with Reya — in fact, he absolutely despises her and everything he thinks she stands for — but she is his only hope for survival.
What if their own survivals were small scale when it comes to the plot, though? What if there’s more at stake? The two realize that with deadly foes and conspiracies, working together could be the only way to safe all of magic-born. And it turns out that maybe Reya does want to save them.
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Reya lifted the glass to her lips, eyed the berry color, and sniffed once before tasting, then spit the liquid back into the glass. “What the hell is this, P?”
Two weeks ago, the Rhiterran navy had sunk another Delthian ship in the Boreal Sea, claiming that it was being used to smuggle out magic-born refugees. Only this one had a relative of the Delthian royal family aboard—a cousin. It was all over the papers. Rhiterra had been courting war with its closest neighbor for years in its mission to wipe out the magic-born. Now, the city was waiting with bated breath to see whether Delthia would finally respond— and if the magic-born taking refuge there would join them. Reya thought of Stellene and wondered if whatever ship she’d chosen had made the crossing.
“Whiskey it is,” Reya said, setting the drink down like it had insulted her and sliding two more coppers across the bar. “Domestic.”
This was how she worked. By listening. All day she’d walked the streets, the markets, the docks; she’d outmaneuvered the Silver Guardsmen stationed around every street corner, halting people at random to check their bags, papers, and faces. No doubt looking for their missing Sage. Reya had listened to butlers and housekeepers, merchants and traders, locals and foreigners, rich and poor. She’d heard news of shipments, endowments, countryside manors being built and furnished, everyday gossip. Everything was a lead— and even information could sell. Sadly, nothing she’d gathered so far was worth even close to one hundred thousand golds.
He eclipsed Lennox in height and breadth, which was probably helping him in whatever negotiation was taking place across the table.
“You were quite insistent on a meeting,” Lennox said. “Show me what you’ve brought.”
Lennox was silent for a full minute before replying. “There hasn’t been an Earth Star on the black market for seven years. I’ll need assurances of its authenticity.”
His reply was low and dry. “If you’d like a demonstration, I’d be happy to run you through.”
“I’m here to trade, not to sell.”
She lost the next few words over a nearby explosion of laughter. The next thing she heard was Lennox’s familiar chuckle. Her mentor leaned back, head cocked in that cool, calculating way of his. “What, may I ask, makes you think such a thing exists?”
“I’m afraid I don’t trade in Faerie tales.”
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