Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (part 16)

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"I haven't, and Rickard hasn't. Did Gaius or Sara or Tomhas talk about it, maybe?"
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“I don’t know.” She shook her head glumly. “Maybe? If they thought they were alone? They couldn’t have known if someone was behind a closed door with them.”

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"We'll ask them tomorrow," she decided. "What kind of tea would you like?"
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Ky sighed, defeated. “I don’t care.”

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She set the kettle on and dished two scoops of chamomile tea into two cups. "How long ago was this?"
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Ky leaned against one of the beds on her knuckles but didn’t sit down. “A few minutes ago. We came straight down… Lyra wouldn’t go back in her room so I didn’t know what to do.”

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"Did he try to hurt you?"
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“No.” She shook her head. “I just got scared. I’m fine. He can’t touch me.”

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"Good. Good." She sat down on the bed. "Would changing the locks keep them out of your room?"
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“Hopefully… I already asked Gaius earlier to do that so we’re going to anyway.” The only person who had heard that was Nar…

A chill ran down her spine. Was he in league with Michael? What else could this timing mean?

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"That's excellent." She dipped her head. "Is there anywhere right now that they can't get into?"
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There wasn’t another explanation.

Oh gods. She’d gotten played by yet another goddamn Ash man.

She threw up suddenly, barely getting to a pail in time.

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"Ky!" Sera stood abruptly, hurrying to her. "Hey, now. Breathe."
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She whimpered, coughing over her mess as tears sprang to eyes. Why was she so stupid? She vomited again, trembling.

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She rubbed her back gently, gathering Ky's hair out of the way. "Breathe, dear, breathe."
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