Gideon huffs out a breath through her nose and drums her fingers on the table, exasperated and worried.
The problem, of course, is Harrow. Against all possible expectations, Harrow has proved herself to be...not completely the worst. She'd been alarmingly forthcoming after the death of the Fifth and after the avulsion field trial. She'd agreed to work together.
Harrow doesn't trust anyone, least of all Gideon. But she trusts this woman from another world? Gideon doesn't know why that thought progression makes something in her chest feel like a crumpled piece of flimsy, and she's not interested in interrogating it.
There is only one rule, Teacher had said. And that one didn't say anything about bringing visitors from other universes through a portal to stroll around Canaan House while adepts and cavaliers slowly move closer and closer to all-out war.
I need you to trust me, says Harrow again in her memory.
She did ask. So maybe...maybe Gideon can try.
"It's creepy, right?" she says, making up her mind. "Even aside from the growing likelihood that we'll all die horribly, that place just gives me the creeps."
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The problem, of course, is Harrow. Against all possible expectations, Harrow has proved herself to be...not completely the worst. She'd been alarmingly forthcoming after the death of the Fifth and after the avulsion field trial. She'd agreed to work together.
Harrow doesn't trust anyone, least of all Gideon. But she trusts this woman from another world? Gideon doesn't know why that thought progression makes something in her chest feel like a crumpled piece of flimsy, and she's not interested in interrogating it.
There is only one rule, Teacher had said. And that one didn't say anything about bringing visitors from other universes through a portal to stroll around Canaan House while adepts and cavaliers slowly move closer and closer to all-out war.
I need you to trust me, says Harrow again in her memory.
She did ask. So maybe...maybe Gideon can try.
"It's creepy, right?" she says, making up her mind. "Even aside from the growing likelihood that we'll all die horribly, that place just gives me the creeps."