Cress folded his hands, and squeezed his eyes shut. He’d gone several full days without feeling the affects of the enchantment. He thought that meant it had worn off. But it knocked at the door now as it dawned on him why he hadn’t been able to hear any tricks in his human target’s laugh. Why he hadn’t been able to detect any cruelty on her when he first saw her. Why she’d raced across the street to save the red-haired female in the middle of the night and got smacked for it. Why she’d stopped to help the childling in the academy hall. Why she’d sneaked outside her building to help an aged
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