Chapter 13 · free to read
Four lies delivered by hand. One lie spoken to an empty corridor. Then I waited four days and swept floors like a good sparrow.
To Consort Bai: the ledgers move to the Censorate vault at the hour of the horse, by the west gate.
To the physician: the ledgers move at dusk, by the lake walkway.
To the captain: the ledgers move at the second watch, through the drum tower.
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