tricks of time ― grayson hawthorne [the inheritance games]

026. SOLO NIGHT SWIMS

𝚆𝚁𝙸𝚃𝚃𝙴𝙽 𝙱𝚈 𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙰 𝙵𝙾𝙻𝙺

𝙰𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝟹:𝟹𝟸 𝙿𝙼, 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟹𝚛𝚍, 𝙼𝚛. 𝙹𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗. 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚂𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚁𝚊𝚙𝚎, 𝙼𝚛. 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚞𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙳𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍.

𝙼𝚜. 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚑 𝙰𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚛, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚠𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎 𝙵𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝙼𝚜. 𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝙾𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚛. 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙾𝚛𝚎𝚗, 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠. 𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚠𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎'𝚜- 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜.

𝙼𝚜. 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚑 𝙰𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚚𝚞𝚘𝚝𝚎, "𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚣𝚣𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍. 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔- 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚑𝚎'𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍."

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, "𝙸 𝚟𝚊𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚝. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘. 𝚈𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎. 𝙸 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝."