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Deciding the men to her left were deep in their conversation, Seph looked for a place to move to on her right. She saw plenty of shadows cast around the battlement itself and a few other spots that jutted out of Wrenbrook between her and them where she could potentially take refuge as well. The castle rooftop twisted and turned, the walkways narrowed and widened, and the North Tower guarded it all. From what she could tell, it was currently unmanned. Eli had mentioned there was a possibility a guard may be stationed there as a lookout, but since most of the available men were out searching for Remont, he had hoped there would be less stationed here. Seph had been praying that would be the case because she could hardly lure a soldier away from his post, or even worse, dispatch him. As she reached the near side of the battlement, the side away from the ladder, she heard footsteps coming her direction, followed by low voices. She coward down in the shadows next to the tower, but it wasn’t