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