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anded coldly. "Seal every iron grate. Board every window. Rei
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hout my express decree," he added, glancing back
med, shaking her tiny fist.
t a low, moc
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marched out
as gone, the co
r the frame, hammered in with iron spikes. Even the narrow ventilat
spered tremulously, fisting my skirt
into the tightest embrace I could muster,
y swears... no one will ever hur
ly at her eyes with her s
ger, I'm gonna shoot ALL his
lips. But inwardly, my
ver of night. He'd caged us in bef
't run... I'd fin
gh the front gate. In broad da
nd high windows were
, stealthy figures slipping through the tr
n't Diego'
ere ass
go sealing the tower... and intended to u
the far corner of the kitchen,
yal dungeon. It had once been connected to t
ister roll up the rug.
ace, dropped to my knees, and wedged the blade
unt, I pr
nt water and moss. Below yawned a narrow, slo
. We're going to play a little game. You're going to slide down into the d
y. Juliette gave a d
with thick blankets, ready to send J
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fr
o ordinary
of the Shadow Guard of the Great Xi
al signal echo over
barred window, peerin
eaden clouds like an arrow, veering straig
dread formed
rrying news of im
rying her face into my collarbone as the stone
I whispered, tightening
e chute. The damp air rising from the depths smelled of ol
ll into my arms. "We have no ti
n the entire tower shook with the thunder of
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he very stones, thick
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