lle
in the inner door, watching the
hadn't
eatsword planted firmly in the stone, black cloak billowin
acknowledge squeezed
hing, poisoned me, and cast me out to rot... was now standing i
ive years ago that placing trust in
l out there?" Adell mumbled s
raw mattress where both girls were curled up t
ed the damp curls from her f
hem, I drew a breat
rough the imperial bloodline for generations. Gentle, haunting, imbued with
tte's little body. Her fists unclenc
lap, lashes flutteri
painfully similar to the man beyond t
per's nest. And most of all, I could NOT let Diego discover th
Rite of Severance, cutting whatever cursed tie bound me to
go
to the crack, straining
e night, ethereally beauti
g wolf inside my chest went utterly
nothing but restless pacing-haunted by ghosts of t
rofound peace washed over me so abrup
like com
, peeking throug
floor beside the bed, silver hair cascading down her back like liquid starlight as she gen
my life, I saw her w
t. And utterly, deva
at cons
sh the door open, cross the room, pull her into m
ss traitor who'd betrayed me. She'd su
ry soul insist s
er against stone snapp
nstincts roa
s NOT t
en eyes locking onto the s
rs, creeping along the high, grated ventilation windows. The blades
id s
r cliff face to bypass
RUDE
s the iron bars above began to shriek an
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