all reeked of old ma

ent I stepped out of my black vehicle and on

erinHall were deceitfu

shone this brightly, war

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owled, my jaw

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is cufflinks. I didn't comment

own for not showing emotion or fli

reflected the moonlight like crystal claws, and the

carved from a cursed tree said to have

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d my head slightly, taki

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usks jutted out from chapped lips, and his e

ent of the Bleeding Throne, said-her voice

r copper hair braided back, the circle

s deadly as any o

," she said, final

ered, her blood-red lip

ens have gone d

are vanishing. Not ru

no blood and no mag

estess, hissed, her tail coiled beneath her, eyes

iscuss," Rune said. "The supe

, the silver-haired high elf

the veil. Something larger tha

of him and poured himself anothe

with a fist. "Bring it on

crush with fists?" Daryus said, his ey

irst arrived, his golden scales glintin

n beasts. This is o

ing up for the first time. "Border packs are re

savage and their

aid. That's a possession. Someone

smelling of sea-salt, dropped the goblet he h

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eral, and I've lost two

, her laugh devoid of humour. "

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ice dropped a notch. "We're dealing w

of his wine, "someone is working the strings f

hen I fina

rying through the room. There was silence

was the oldest, or wisest, but because I w

could take me wh

I continued. Something buried is wakin

all it, it spreads. Eats the land an

Amyra asked. "War? Do you

least not yet. I'm saying we should stop pretendi

s time we stop

d on me a moment lo

nturies ago. Of a girl born of the moon and

son, my heart skipped a

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the realm from destroying itself. The child i

his involves her

softly, "we're stan

's cup broke in her hand. Aludria

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es with him

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ne growled.

walked away from the room af

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