stepped toward the wall that my bedchamber shared with Goll’s. “Look at this.” I felt along the seams of the wood until I felt the tiny groove and pressed. The wall swung inward without a sound. Hava gasped as I stepped through, peeking around to be sure he wasn’t there, and then beckoned her silently to follow. She did, looking around to see that we were now in Goll’s bedchamber. I pressed the paneled door closed behind us. “There’s another secret passage this way,” I told her, ushering her to the door Goll had taken me through that night. A pang of longing curled tight in my belly at the
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