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“Or you could take this,” Dex said, pulling the Warden’s bracelet off

his wrist and handing it to Fitz. “That way you can help out at the

festival and keep an eye on Alvar’s movements. You know the property

better than I do, so that probably makes more sense. You’ll know right

away if he’s going anywhere or doing anything weird. And if he starts

to, just hit that button and drop him.”

“Or I could drop him now and leave him unconscious for the whole

thing,” Fitz suggested.

“You could,” Mr. Forkle said behind them. “But then you’d be as

bad as our enemies.”

Fitz looked like he could live with that.

“I understand the inclination, Mr. Vacker,” Mr. Forkle said. “I truly

do. But punishing someone because you expect them to commit a

crime will always be unjust. The second your brother does anything

inappropriate—if he does anything inappropriate—you have my full

permission to push that button. But until then, let’s not lose sight of

who we are.”

Fitz muttered something Sophie couldn’t understand as he slipped

the bracelet onto his wrist. But he dropped the subject.

“I’m assuming this little gathering involves a lot of stressing and

worrying?” Mr. Forkle noted, turning his attention to Sophie.

“We’re just trying to think through all the plan Bs, in case we’re

wrong about plan A,” she explained. “We still have two days to

prepare—might as well be thorough.”

“I suppose. But try not to let yourselves lose focus. The Neverseen

like grandstanding and sending the messages through dramatic public

displays. The festival makes sense.”

It did.

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