C27 TWENTY SEVEN
Smile And Be A Villian
ROSE
one may smile, and smile, and be a villain
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet
I DIDN'T TELL Derek of my conversation with Ryder, though not because I meant to keep it from him. By the time I reached our room, Alaric was there to collect us for the Trial.
"I have a request," he said, as we reached the grove of trees. "Let me fight him alone