Sam P.O.V
The ride there was awful. I continued to think about who the second champion is. We had worked together in the past. That means it's someone from the Assassins Guild. I hope it's Celaena. I was chained to one of the guards and had to stay close to him at all times or the shackles dug into my wrists. When I wasn't shackled I was having a sword pointed at my neck. It wasn't a bad or horribly long ride but it really wasn't comfortable. The only time I was moderately comfortable was when I was in the tent assigned to me to sleep in. After three days on horseback we made it to the glass castle. It was pretty but rather odd looking. The prince and the head guard took half the other guards with them to get the other 'champion'. The guards that stayed with me led me towards the stone part of the castle and led me to my room. They left me to 'settle in'. The room was huge. There was a foyer, bedroom, closet, bathroom and formal dining room. I went out onto the balcony and looked down. I noticed multiple guards with crossbows beneath where I was standing and I assumed more by my door. That's wonderful. I have house guests.
~~~~~~~LINE BREAK~~~~~~~
I had to go to the 'Champion's Meeting'. I really didn't want to but if I didn't I would die. The meeting was boring and uneventful until the door boomed open and Celaena walked in. Her eyes swept the table. They froze on me for half a second then continued down the table. I knew she as doing the same thing I was when I first walked in. Sizing up the competition. Once the meeting drew to a close Chaol pulled me and Celaena aside to introduce us away from prying eyes.
"Sam Cortland, Celaena Sardothien. You two will be working together on the challenges. Win and neither of you die." As he said my name Celaena froze. Once he was done talking she shook off her shock.
"Sam?" she asked in a whispered voice.
"Hey," I replied. "I'm alive. He tricked you so that you would get caught and he would get you out and you would be loyal to him again. I'm surprised myself that he didn't kill me. Poisoned me so that I looked and felt dead, but not." She grinned and flung herself at me. Her arms wrapped themselves around me and she sobbed into my chest.
"I thought you were dead," she whispered in a broken voice.
"I know."
