a ringing silence in the forest. The only soun
backward. She lay in the mud, her ears blee
and looked at where her hus
rty feet wide. The dirt had been su
drop of blood remained. He had bee
obsidian ring-the one he wore to channel
ing crater. Her brain ref
ed, a broken laugh tearing from her
assive blood loss caught up to her. Her eyes rolle
long, silent breath. She severed
l felt hollowed out, scraping against her ribs. If she kept this power active
it down. She sealed the power behind mental walls, shrink
rrified him. He was curled into a tight,
r into Kamala's bloodstream to keep her hear
stopped. Sunlight pie
f mercenaries, drawn by the unnatural lightning
eeder here," a rou
ed over to Kamala's unconscious body. He reached down to
f her skin, revealing a delica
quality. That metal was worth more
. "She's highborn. If she lives,
stretcher. Someone forced a bitter, chal
nsed no killing intent from the m
in the road. The jolting woke Ka
mmediately flying to he
from the front of the cart. "You're
ck into a deep, healing coma. Emerson let the darkness pul
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