Deceptions, and Deeply

little when Mira pulled him into a cab

napped, ducking behind

in my trousers

dryly. "How will

ricks-stormed past the alley, shouting for the princess and stepping on at least tw

ought some time,

s standing five feet away, arms crossed, frown

gold coin. "Sorr

p merchant,"

id, and dragged Elric

d a suspiciously steamy bakery chimney. "Anything else I shou

Instead, she adjusted her hood,

ce Valen of this kingdom. A political alliance between two boringly powerf

w. That's... actua

l vault, stole a priceless map, and possibly i

that f

arting to think you we

eone who arm-wrestled

second too long. The kind that might have turned into

ing green eyes, a silver tail, and what looked li

newcomer. "Mind if I crash this

"Why are the bi

rred lumps. "Experimental baking. I

He's a kleptomaniac shapeshift

tail and stol

ting as Nox's "mystical bachelor den," which consisted of a hammock, s

ra unrolled a weathere

the Royal Library-hidden inside a fake book titled Ho

anted ink, revealing shifting ruins, ancient seals, and a s

that gave me the pro

ing on about the

estock are ver

d a cow that could read te

of Virelia. They're tied to the original throne-the one the moder

You mean... I might act

lves," Mira said. "You still

ng foot. The other was gone entirely.

royal carriage departed the palace. Inside sat Prin

sion wa

runaway

impostor

m the forg