Blair Drakencrest had a twelve-item list. This just became priority one.
She was going to assemble the puzzle, and then she was going to make whoever was behind it wish they had picked a different corridor, a different night, and a different Keep to conspire in.
She pulled Damon into the alcove behind the column. He went without resistance because Damon Tavian was the kind of man who recognized when someone else had more information and adjusted accordingly. He also recognized that the princess's hand was small enough to fit inside his and strong enough to make him forget that.
Then Brennan Pike rounded the same corner.
His mouth opened. Blair's hand covered it before the first syllable formed. She yanked him into the alcove with the arm that wasn't attached to Damon and the three of them were suddenly sardined into a space designed for a decorative vase and absolutely nothing else.
