ali
he polished marble floor of the im
clinical death, my spiritual awareness expanded outward,
g silver incense, and the suffo
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blown completely off their hinges, splintering into kindling
rd with the rhythmic, terrifyi
oman's roar shattered the
l, blood-stained dragon-scale armor, her silver-streaked hair tied in a high warr
d Knights, their hand-and-a-half blades dr
ked onto my "corpse
er trembling, armored hands cradling my cold, mud-caked face. She touched the bla
ice vibrating with a grief so prof
gaze toward the high dais where Alpha King
er massive sword straight at the King's throat. "Your coward of a third son ambushed my
ed gasps. Royal ministers c
aura pushed back against Vivienne's murderous intent. "Vivienne Burton, control yourself!
oice drowning out the King. She spun on her heel, her blade whistling thr
ing his silk trousers in terror
knights raised their blades in unison, "one hundred thousand Northern Ironclads will cross the
d from beside the throne. "G
enged, stepping forward
od on the razor edge
mpleted its final purge of the silver poison. The shattered blood vess
hing I have built is gone,
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e heartbeat echoed
n a corpse that had been cold for an hou
he heavy eyelids of t
, ringed by an unearthly halo of silver lig
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