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s though he were steadying himself after the humiliation of a silver needle at his

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anded coldly. "Seal every iron grate. Board every window. Rei

tighter around t

hout my express decree," he added, glancing back

med, shaking her tiny fist.

t a low, moc

e wolf... you can stay in it until your

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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l raven's cry pie

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