The next morning, at the first available chance, I snuck out of the house and headed to the place where Daejong and I would meet, and waited for him to come to me. He must have spies watching me too, otherwise, how would he know when I was here waiting for him?

I felt stupid that I hadn’t thought of it before, but it was too late to worry about that now.

“I can’t meet you in person any longer,” I told him firmly as soon as he showed up in ...