cassie takes out her lipstick from her purse and starts to apply it . a few weeks ago , she hired a pi to look for him . he stepped into the corridor just outside of the queens chamber and returned with two of the guards that stood duty there . i swallowed and tried to slow my pulse . with them the scents of the kids-scared , defiant , exhausted . `` how long do we have until we 're supposed to meet those people ? '' i remember them telling me how heroic our rescuer was . 