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“The Lives of Saints?”He nodded. “There was a time when all Grisha children were given this bookwhen they came to school at the Little Palace.”“Thank you,” I said, perplexed.“Peasants love their saints. They hunger for the miraculous. And yet they donot love the Grisha. Why do you think that is?”“I hadn’t thought about it,” I said. I opened the book. Someone had writtenmy name inside the cover. I flipped a few pages. Sankt Petyr of Brevno. SanktIlya in Chains. Sankta Lizabeta. Each chapter began with a full-page illustration,beautifully rendered in brightly coloured inks.“I think it is because the Grisha do not suffer the way the Saints suffer, theway the people suffer.”“Maybe,” I said absently.“But you have suffered, haven’t you, Alina Starkov? And I think … yes. Ithink you will suffer more.”My head jerked up. I thought he might be threatening me, but his eyes werefull of a strange sympathy that was even more terrifying.I glanced back down at the book in my lap. My finger had stopped on anillustration of Sankta Lizabeta as she had died, drawn and quartered in a field ofroses. Her blood made a river through the petals. I snapped the book closed andsprang to my feet. “I should go.”The Apparat rose, and for a moment I thought he would try to stop me. “Youdo not like your gift.”“No, no. It’s very nice. Thank you. I don’t want to be late,” I babbled.I bolted past him through the library doors, and I didn’t take an easy breathuntil I was safe in my room. I tossed the book of Saints into the bottom drawerof my dressing table and slammed it shut.What did the Apparat want from me? Had his words been meant as a threat?Or as some kind of warning?I took a deep breath, a tide of fatigue and confusion washing over me. Imissed the easy rhythm of the Documents Tent, the comforting monotony of mylife as a cartographer, when nothing more was expected of me than a fewdrawings and a tidy worktable. I missed the familiar smell of inks and paper.Mostly, I missed Mal.I’d written to him every week, care of our regiment, but I hadn’t heardanything in reply. I knew the post could be unreliable and that his unit mighthave moved on from the Fold or might even be in West Ravka, but I still hopedthat I would hear from him soon. I’d given up on the idea of him visiting me atthe Little Palace. As much as I missed him, I couldn’t bear the thought of him
knowing that I fitted into my new life about as well as I’d fitted into my old one.Every night, as I climbed the stairs to my room after another pointless, painfulday, I would imagine the letter that might be waiting for me on my dressingtable, and my steps would quicken. But the days passed, and no letter came.Today was no different. I ran my hand over the empty surface of the table.“Where are you, Mal?” I whispered. But there was no one there to answer.
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PRAISE FORA New York Times Bestsell
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ContentsCoverTitle PagePraise for S
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THE GRISHASOLDIERS OF THE SECOND AR
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of lessons in stifling classrooms.
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“Leave us now.”“Wait!” excl
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slash that had severed Ravka from i
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slammed the book shut and run squea
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through the darkness to West Ravka.
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“He was short and pudgy and afrai
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“Sure,” I said. But I didn’t.
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CHAPTER 2The morning passed in a bl
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the other, my heart pounding, my ey
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thud as I fell forward and my head
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were actually guarding me. Like a p
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grand. The Grisha tent was like not
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I frowned. If the Cartographer had
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“So you didn’t see where the li
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touch went that peculiar sense of c
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“So I’m the Darkling’s prison
Page 43 and 44: felt tears threatening again and bl
Page 45 and 46: “A what?”Fedyor and Ivan exchan
Page 47 and 48: He never finished his sentence. A s
Page 49 and 50: Slowly, I opened my eyes and took i
Page 51 and 52: CHAPTER 5The next few days passed i
Page 53 and 54: on the earthen floor and built a fi
Page 55 and 56: The Darkling sighed. “I doubt tha
Page 57 and 58: country that had long been at war.T
Page 59 and 60: CHAPTER 6I dreamed that I was back
Page 61 and 62: ease in slowly. Military life had l
Page 63 and 64: feeling the anger and embarrassment
Page 65 and 66: A tall, broad-chested Grisha in red
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Page 69 and 70: Light flooded the throne room, dren
Page 71 and 72: subject.“The Apparat?”“Is he
Page 73 and 74: Grand Palace, all of them dressed i
Page 75 and 76: CHAPTER 8After a restless night, I
Page 77 and 78: toothily at me. Marie looped her ar
Page 79 and 80: a massive set of double doors in fr
Page 81 and 82: Genya’s voice was light, but it h
Page 83 and 84: “I can’t go with you. Not that
Page 85 and 86: CHAPTER 9It was a complete disaster
Page 87 and 88: the long brown robes or the dirty b
Page 89 and 90: I nodded.“Homesick?”I shrugged.
Page 91 and 92: CHAPTER 10Next morning, my body ach
Page 93: us, and she still needed a flint to
Page 97 and 98: pushed my plate away. The prospect
Page 99 and 100: Good, I thought with satisfaction.
Page 101 and 102: Darkling’s dire words beneath the
Page 103 and 104: CHAPTER 12The next morning wasn’t
Page 105 and 106: I thought back, remembering Ana Kuy
Page 107 and 108: After my conversation with the Dark
Page 109 and 110: and the birds painted above my bed.
Page 111 and 112: The woman in red watches me closely
Page 113 and 114: CHAPTER 13That very afternoon, I jo
Page 115 and 116: across my jaw).“Here,” he said,
Page 117 and 118: “Whatever do you mean?”“You k
Page 119 and 120: “Should I? If I can’t help you
Page 121 and 122: CHAPTER 14As winter drew to a close
Page 123 and 124: beautiful people in their beautiful
Page 125 and 126: How was it that Genya had fallen so
Page 127 and 128: She examined the toes of her satin
Page 129 and 130: leaning on a cane.“Duke Keramsov!
Page 131 and 132: when the room was practically vibra
Page 133 and 134: over the ribbons at my neckline.
Page 135 and 136: “Forgive me,” I said. “It’s
Page 137 and 138: imagine what it’s been like here.
Page 139 and 140: CHAPTER 15Only when I was in my roo
Page 141 and 142: “Then talk sense,” I said. “H
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CHAPTER 16Baghra’s relief was unm
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“For everything.”“Hmph,” sh
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collar around my neck and make me a
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pace. Once I’d passed them, I ris
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For a moment, I thought my heart ha
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my heels and toes. My miserable nig
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CHAPTER 17Mal took both watches and
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“I know I can find it.”“If th
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came down, some of the worry had go
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“So?” asked Longface.“So Riko
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“It was a stupid risk. I should k
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CHAPTER 18We saw shoots of new gras
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drawing the furs tighter around my
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I shook a fur out on the cold groun
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been passed between us. “Mikhael
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Around sunset, we emerged from the
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The sound was like a soft whistle o
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in his hand.I turned away, my stoma
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“We’ll camp tonight and leave f
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Fold.”Ivan shook his head. “The
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as cold and smooth as ever. “We
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I shuddered. I hoped that Baghra ha
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CHAPTER 21I picked at my dinner and
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asked, and for once, his voice was
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hold back during my conversation wi
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lips met mine.We stayed together th
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in crimson silks, stood a delegatio
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breathing, I thought in terror.The
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most valued Grisha had just punched
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Mal as I threw the light ahead of m
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hurtling towards me over the dead r
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AFTERThe boy and the girl stand at
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThanks to my agent a
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FOUND NEAR RAVKA’SNORTHERN BORDER
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more, why I toss and turn, why my r
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when I stand at the gates of the Gr
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Have you been checking the casualty
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Ivan shrugs, scowling. “He just m
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“You’ve suffered, too,” he sa
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memory.“You’re right, of course
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perfume, counting and recounting th
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WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GR
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WHAT SPARKED YOUR IMAGINATION FOR S
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WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHAR
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number 4.WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR
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