“Lass, you ever been part of a mutiny before?” Starling hesitated, then shook her head. “This is my second,” Crow said. “I learned some difficult lessons the first time. Once you lose a ship…well, there’s no going back.” She stepped right up to Starling, sneering. “Even if I were to haul you to that door and toss you overboard, the others would never follow me again. Fear isn’t enough. Not for a crew like this.” She pushed past Starling, whose manacles went cold. Crow was Invested, the bearer of an unnatural aether. She had hidden powers Starling had seen only once, when writhing vines emerged
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