“No, that’s not how it went.” Sloane was laughing through each word. “Bert took me aside and he was like, ‘You don’t seem to work well with people watching you.’ ” “And then he told you to be the rogue assassin!” Albie exclaimed. “I’m telling you, that’s how it went.” “How could you tell me how it went—you weren’t even there! Plus, I never assassinated anyone.” “I’m telling you, you were a much more badass Chosen One than I was,” Albie said. “I was like . . . cannon fodder. Like what Bert said to me—‘You’re a good man in a storm, Albie. Matt’s lucky to have you.’ To die in his place so he can
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