Chapter 287 "I'm just curious about the landscape," I said with a shrug. "It had to have been quite a hike, getting you there. I'm assuming they had you in those awful chains the whole time." Deirdre flushed faintly. "I... I don't know. I was blindfolded most of the time. And they carried me." The waiter returned and uncorked our bottle. I thanked him and took it, filling her cup to the brim. Added a little more to my cup just to make it appear like I was drinking more. She licked her lips greedily and took a long gulp.

"Wow, this wine is good." "Only the best for you, my love." She blushed deeper, then pushed a strand of hair out of her face. "I do remember crossing a creek." Dead Man's Gully. So the camp was indeed beyond that. But I already knew that. "And the camp itself?" I pressed. "Was it big? Small?" "Big." Deirdre waved her hand. "Huge, actually. Hundreds of rogues. They had tents everywhere. And guards. So many guards." I nodded, filing the information away. "Interesting. I didn't expect rogues to have such detailed patrols." "Oh, they're quite organized.

Asher makes sure of that." "Asher?" "The Rogue King." She didn't seem to notice her blunder. "He picks only the strongest and smartest rogues to be his warriors. I used to watch them run in the forest every morning. When they would run drills down in Matthew's Gulch right by the border of the camp, it made me tired just watching them." Matthew's Gulch, I froze. I knew that gulch. I'd been so close to it when I'd been searching for Avery, but I never passed through it. Deirdre had found me before I could. "So the camp...

asked. Her words were slurred now, her 1/3 Chapter 287 eyes glassy. "Because she's not worth it, Gideon. She's a traitor. A whore. You deserve better." "I know." I leaned back in my

passenger seat, I shut the door and pulled out my phone. I sent a quick text to Tegan.

said. Her eyes widened. "What?" "You told me where the rogue camp is. Beyond Matthew's Gulch. And to think I'd been so close, and I hadn't thought to cross it. I guess I assumed it was too full of water

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