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Sam and Celaena followed Farran around throughout the day to see what he does. They saw him torture man.

Aro told her not to kill Jayne and Farran. He said that he loved her and not to leave him, and that he hurt her because he was upset that she chose Sam. She told him to get out.

Jayne is the Crime Lord of Rifthold and Farran is his second. Farran is a sadist who tortures the people he kills. Sam will take out Farran and Celaena will kill Jayne. After her dance lesson, Celaena comes home to find Arobynn.

They got a new client, but they don’t know who it is.

They went to Arobynn and tried to bribe him to let them leave the guild. He decided the only fair price was the last of the money Celaena had. Celaena walks up to the glass tower and remembers when the King of Adarlan took over Terrasen nine years ago.

Celaena and Sam have been free for a month. They have money struggles, so Sam resorts to underground boxing and Celaena disapproves. They have been sharing the bedroom in her apartment and have been dating, but didn’t reach that level yet. Tomorrow they are going to see Aro to ask if they can leave the Assassins Guild.

Celaena had killed the man who wanted to build safe havens for the slaves. Bardingale, his ex-wife who wanted him dead, is the one in cahoots with the king of Adarlan and wants a road for slave trade into the capital. Aro deceived Celaena; he also bought Lysandra’s Bidding (virginity) just to piss off Celaena. She paid off Sam’s debt, she moved into her new apartment with him— they are both free.

Sam and Celaena planned a fire and the assassination and everything went to plan—Doneval was murdered, you associate killed himself and burned some papers, she killed Philip— but as Philip died, he told her she knows nothing of what she just did. Celaena grows suspicious.

Celaena and Sam surveyed the sewer under Doneval’s for a way in. They decided to slip
in after a servant throws out the trash.

Sam told Celaena he’s leaving to live in the south. Celaena begged him not to go. He asked for a reason—she wouldn’t give it directly. Then he told her he loved her, for years, and she kissed him.

Celaena recovered and told Sam of her summer.