I was reminded of the first months spent at the palace, of the strange ease with which I had slipped into a rhythm that was completely different from the familiar. We were plunged into such a strange new world that there was nothing to do save move forward on instinct alone, and both of us were too exhausted, by the end of the day, to spend our time paralyzed with fear or indecision. By the second month of our stay, I had stopped looking over my shoulder, freezing into the stillness of a Shadow when I saw an unfamiliar face. In Jeram’s eagerness for action, in his constant curiosity at Jacce’s identity, I began to believe that perhaps the High Priest had no spy here at all. Jeram swore that each man was known to him, and had been for years, and when I looked at these honest, straightforward country men, I did not think that the High Priest would have been able to offer them anything that could secure their loyalty to him over one of their own. If he had tried to use one as a spy, Jeram would know.
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