THE PRINCESS, OR THE E
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ber doors burst open. A guard rushed
e breached the northern tower. They are d
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iced somethi
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k dragon opened its jaws, releasing a stre
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ntain the attack, and innocent servant
help them,"
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pulled
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toward the
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rapped behind a fallen wooden beam. Flames w
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eighteen again, trapped in a wo
embered the
blood recogn
ed down at
m," she whispered. "Bu
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her, somet
growl answe
ing barrier. The fire consuming the tower bent away
pened h
urned comp
t into the courtyard just as the dar
's red eyes
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on's mou
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courtyard, his sword gl
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unleashed
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f golden energy exp
her. The shock wave struck the dragon and
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w, she had stopped
hed slowly, hi
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the dark dragon rose uns
eyes n
it snarled. "The last drag
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ld barely
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yet everyone was looking at he
gon gave a f
ill come for you, and the truth about your
and disappeared be
lack-armored wa
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stepped in f
you h
, although her ent
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ed at the bu
your power responds to you
s she had rescued. They were sa
felt something unfamil
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sh
o
ncilman approached a
forgive us for
stared
kneeling because th
do you want
jection, the cruelty, and the years she
now why my mother disappeared
xpression
rned what happened to th
toward t
something beneath this p
im through the d
mall black symbol burning bri
hooded figure watched the pa
has awakened,"
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