aide
floa
urn of the silver-all of it had vanished. I looked down and saw my own body, limp
d to this place by the
door screech
ually composed and handsome, was twisted with a sick, tri
pread across his lips. He walked over, nudgi
ig from his flask. "No more of your
ow he'd bribed the council elders with promises of power, how he'd paid a rogue to
ey refused to bow. So loyal, even to the end. I had them executed as yo
forward, trying to claw his smug face, but my hands pass
despised. A physical manifestation of the insecurity that festered beneath his polished exterior. He absently twisted
air in the dun
elt like the stone walls themselves were groani
outside the cell, followed b
This power was ancient, terrifying. It dw
moved with a liquid grace that was utterly at odds with his intimidating presence.
raw power radiating from him, a primal forc
epped into
color of molten gold. I recognized him from the pack s
Regent. The Tyrant Kin
nstant. He bowed low, his body trembling. "Regent Ram
oor. His expression was unreadable, a mask of cold indifference, yet his gaze was
g sensation, as if his st
gloves. He reached out and gently, almost reverently, lifted my chin. Hi
terror. He had no idea what was happening, and
st my cold skin. For a fraction of
in a language I didn't understand. It was ancient,
pull, as if his words were a ro
is attention to the quivering Colli
, his voice a low, chilling rumbl
ker in those golden eyes-a complex, hidden emotion that he quickly masked. It wasn
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