Please forgive my presumptuousness, but I needed to speak with all three of you together.” She paused at the edge of the light, making the third point of a triangle between herself, Hollowcrest, and the Forge duo. Sword drawn, Maldynado guarded her back. “Aren’t you dead yet?” Hollowcrest asked, sounding far more annoyed than intrigued by her declaration. “Indeed, I thought the enforcers I tipped off had slain you.” Arbitan sniffed and added, “What do you want that you didn’t find snooping around our house?” A flicker of surprise crossed Larocka’s face at Arbitan’s words, but she recovered
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