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I smiled. “Oh, yes. I have something special in mind for the boy.”

Paloma stared at me. “You know, Evie, I never thought that you looked or sounded particularly sinister until this very moment.”

My smile slowly widened.

Auster eyed the two nobles. “I could always hoist up Fullman with the rest of the bodies.” A smile creased the captain’s face. “It would be fun to watch him kick and squirm.”

“As entertaining as that would be, his screams would wake the entire palace and probably the rest of the city.” I shook my head. “I would never subject my people to such a horror as that.”

"Les faire goûter à la liberté avant de les forcer à retourner dans leur cage, c'est sûrement plus cruel que de ne jamais les laisser sortir."

"La victoire était toujours la meilleure des revanches."

"Eh bien, si tu veux éviter de te morfondre sur tes souvenirs, laisse-moi t'aider à en construire de nouveaux."

I opened my mouth to argue, but she gave me a fierce look, as did the ogre on her neck. They wouldn’t be dissuaded, so I sighed.

“Fine,” I muttered. “You can avenge me to your heart’s content. Just don’t blame me if you wind up dead.”

She grinned. I gave her a sour look

Rocinda smiled again. She really needed to work on faking a happy, pleasant expression. She was showing so many teeth that she looked like a witch in some old fairy tale who was eager to gobble me up.