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under to read. By the time my stroll takes me off the palace grounds and into the
city proper, no one ought to be around to notice.

There would also be no one around when she sold the necklace, bought herself a
horse, provisions, and assorted necessities, then took to the road. With any luck at
all she would be well on her way before a search of the palace made it absolutely
clear that she was gone rather than hiding out somewhere. And this time she would
make certain to travel a lot less openly than she had last timeтАж

Walking through the halls showed no one but guardsmen standing their posts, more
guardsmen than there had been when she'd first arrived at the palace. The increased
presence made sense after the attacks, of course, and in an odd way Adair was
faintly sorry to be leaving. The first attack had frightened her badly, but the second
attack had provided an excellent outlet for bottled-up anger.

There had also been a great deal of satisfaction in stopping someone who enjoyed
attacking people who weren't prepared to defend themselves, Adair realized,
considering the point as she walked. Whoever was behind the attacks was unlikely
to give up just because the first two attempts had failed, and it would have felt good
to ruin any future attempts in the same way.

But then Adair was forced to laugh at herself. She'd been really lucky to be able to
stop the first two attempts, and chances were good that any future tries would show
the assassins a lot better armed than the first of them had been. And they'd also
probably be certain that she was nowhere around before making their attempt, so
feeling disappointed about leaving was stupid.

Settling the matter in her own mind made Adair feel better, so much so that she
was smiling as she approached one of the palace entrances. Going out the main
entrance wouldn't have been very smart, but once outside she'd be able to make her
way around to -

"Adair, what are you doing awake so early?" Mayne demanded an instant after he
came through the doors Adair had almost reached. "Where are you going?"

Cursing silently in her head did Adair not the least bit of good. She'd stopped short
at seeing Mayne, the last person in the world she'd wanted to run into, and it took a
long moment before she had control of herself again.

"I'm going outside for a walk before I sit down somewhere to read," she answered
in the coldest tones it was possible to produce, looking everywhere but at the man
she spoke to. "Not that what I do is any of your business. Get out of my way."

She'd added that last because the miserable man kept moving back and forth to
keep her from passing him. After three tries to get around him, Adair was

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completely out of patience.