Revolution (Chronicles of Charanthe #2) by Rachel Cotterill

Author:Rachel Cotterill
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: adventure, fantasy, speculative fiction, assassins, chronicles of charanthe
Publisher: Rachel Cotterill

Chapter 16

Eleanor spread Lucille’s paper on the table in front of the council. “The Assessors won’t change the letters for us, but I’ve got names,” she said. “There are eleven.”

“Good work,” Don said, leaning across to study the list. “What now?”

“I suppose the next step is to go and make ourselves known to these students. Make sure they have our invitation in their minds when they get their letters of assignment.”

“Well, you can’t go to Venncastle, that’s obvious.”

She rolled her eyes. “If you don’t think I can survive visiting a school, we’ve got bigger problems than recruitment!”

“I don’t think they’d kill you,” he said. “But if you go there, two things will happen. First, they’ll ignore you anyway. And then, once you’ve gone, they’ll report your visit and the Empire will know what we’re planning.”

“You don’t think they already know what we’ll do? The Shadows know us. They know we’re not stupid.”

“I agree with Don. You cannot go to Venncastle,” Daniel said.

“Fine. Where does that leave us?” She consulted her list. “Bastion, Hess, Almont 5, Almont 9, Dashfort 2...”

“You should not go to Hessekolenisshe,” Daniel interrupted.

“Why not? Are they going to turn me in to the Empire, too?” Eleanor could feel the frustration creeping into her voice. Why couldn’t she just take the list and work through it? It didn’t matter if the Empress got word that they were recruiting; it would be more surprising if they weren’t.

“No. I should go.”

“Why?”

“They know me. Besides, I am not sure a woman should take any part of this job. It is important to get it right, this first approach.”

“Are you honestly saying I’m going to get it wrong because I’m a woman?” She glared at him, daring him to answer. “Because if you’re going to say things like that where I can hear you, you might want to make sure you’ve drawn your knife first.”

“Eleanor.” That was Laban. “Please calm down. Everyone’s on edge at the moment, but you know Daniel doesn’t think badly of you.”

“I am serious,” Daniel said. “No student will expect a woman to be recruiting for the Association. They may not believe you are who you say you are.”

“If I turned up in your bedroom in the middle of the night, crept up to your bed without even waking you, and I had your entire school record in my memory, don’t you think you’d take me seriously? I didn’t even believe in your school when I was a girl, we thought it was just a myth, but I think I’ve done a pretty good job of pretending to take you seriously.”

“Fine. Go. But if it does not work, remember that I have said this.”

“And what news of the rebels?” Nathaniel asked.

“The word is spreading,” she said. “I told them to stop the mindless vandalism, and there’s certainly been less disruption in Almont over the last few days. We need a few messengers to carry this to the islands. We’ll leave things quiet for a couple of months –

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