Then she noticed motion to her right. She crouched immediately, flaring her tin. Kelsier sat on a rooftop not three houses away, just barely lit by ambient light. He didn’t seem to have noticed her. He was watching the keep, his face too distant for her to read his expression. Vin watched him with suspicious eyes. He’d dismissed her meeting with Elend, but perhaps it worried him more than he’d admitted. A sudden spike of fear made her tense. Could he be here to kill Elend? The assassination of a high noble heir would certainly create tension amongst the nobility. Vin waited apprehensively.
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