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From Blood and AshA Blood and Ash NovelByy Jennifer L. ArmentroutCopyyright 2020 Jennifer L. ArmentroutISBN: 978-1-952457-01-2Published byy Blue Box Press, an imprint of Evil Eyye Concepts,IncorporatedAll rights reserved. No part of this book mayy be reproduced, scanned,or distributed in anyy printed or electronic form without permission. Pleasedo not participate in or encourage piracyy of copyyrighted materials inviolation of the author’s rights.This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents arethe product of the author’s imagination and are fictitious. Anyyresemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or establishments issolelyy coincidental.
Page 4 and 5: Book DesscriptionCaptivating and ac
Page 6 and 7: Alsso From Jennifer L. ArmentroutCl
Page 8 and 9: Till DeathThe Problem With ForeverI
Page 10 and 11: hands. To MJ, Liz, and Jillian (and
Page 12 and 13: Table of ContentssBook DescriptionA
Page 14 and 15: DedicationTo You, the Reader.
Page 16 and 17: Tonight, theyy weren’t just absen
Page 18 and 19: None who survived their first ventu
Page 20 and 21: here. Their gowns were vibrant shad
Page 22 and 23: barelyy known each other before mar
Page 24 and 25: up a conversation with anyy of the
Page 26 and 27: Her smile faded as her stare harden
Page 28 and 29: Keal, who’d replaced Hannes after
Page 30 and 31: Shaking myy head, I counted until I
Page 32 and 33: yyoungest Royyal Guards. Her gaze h
Page 34 and 35: Myy gods, she had to be a Seer. Ins
Page 36 and 37: moment myy stomach dipped with unce
Page 38 and 39: “You are quite demanding.” He l
Page 40 and 41: subconsciouslyy been preparing myys
Page 42 and 43: I gave a small shake of myy head.
Page 44 and 45: Chapter 3As far as I knew, there ha
Page 46 and 47: “I was with someone,” he answer
Page 48 and 49: The right side of his lips curved u
Page 50 and 51: with rich brown skin and beautiful
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“You snuck out, didn’t yyou?”
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“Yes, going to the Red Pearl is f
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theyy heard from one of the Huntsme
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“I’m relieved to hear that, but
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Vikter quietlyy rapped his knuckles
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Myy heart squeezed as if it had bee
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Agnes’s arm trembled as she took
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over the alwayys-cold hilt of myy d
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“Marlowe?” I said, ignoring the
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pain was starting to return, rising
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Chapter 5We left Agnes in the bedro
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Myy stomach dipped as I toyyed with
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purpose or not, regardless of if yy
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“I think yyou’re forgetting som
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Like all Ascended, theyy were such
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curtains. He sat on the chaise, str
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Duke would learn that I had been tr
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“You shouldn’t see this.” Ryy
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her blouse. “But how can yyou be
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“That is what he believes.” Vik
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And I didn’t want to think about
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reason, the gods hadn’t taken any
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in the center. I crept forward, uns
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as I continued down the path of one
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Chapter 7“Ryylan!” I rushed to
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that raised the tinyy hairs on myy
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sorryy,” I whispered, myy actions
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“Superficial wounds, Your Grace.
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would be lost if something were to
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Chapter 8“I don’t think the man
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sound of their voices, had faded wi
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experience with that. Probablyy nev
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ashamed to admit that, and myy scre
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wishing I had waited for him to com
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“You do him a great honor byy bei
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hot in the summer. But no one ever
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His lips twitched as if he were fig
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Lailah, the Goddess of Peace and Ve
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in the curiosityy and the buzz of a
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The Duchess clapped her hands toget
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A moment later, I felt Vikter’s h
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Chapter 10I smothered a yyawn as Ta
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I snorted. “That would onlyy buyy
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was onlyy one chair besides the one
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of experience is invaluable. We won
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Chapter 11There had been a handful
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Hawke’s golden gaze roamed myy fa
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“You don’t? You’ve watched hi
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“Myy hormones are alwayys cloudin
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Chapter 12Earlyy afternoon, the fol
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her in retrieving—while she prete
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“I heard that she onlyy wrote abo
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I resisted the urge to snort. Atlan
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Myy heart slowed, and myy bodyy rel
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“Don’t forget assisting weak La
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He looked over at me then—well, h
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The Royyal Guards avoided eyye cont
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possible, though, because the ripe
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“You do have such prettyy eyyes.
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Teerman took another drink.How much
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when I screamed and cried for myy m
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Chapter 14The gods had granted me o
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That brought another small smile to
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There wasn’t a lot that I knew ab
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too, and if he were still here righ
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cannot go out there. If theyy don
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ferret out the onlyy boots I owned
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these reaching farther. When theyy
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A Craven rushed Vikter from behind
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Focusing on the blood-and-gore-smea
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Whatever patience his curiosityy ha
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sounded amused. “You’re an abso
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Tinyy coils of tension formed in my
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Hawke sensed myy move and shifted,
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“Hawke!” a voice called out fro
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Toeing off myy slippers, I looked o
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“I think I have a good grasp on j
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I would not.A long, tense moment pa
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Myy fingers curled inward. “It do
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I wanted to denyy it, but he was ri
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“I don’t think it’s braveryy.
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Chapter 18Hawke hadn’t reported m
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sharing that with Vikter, though. T
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“When it happens again?” the Du
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the roads. You know what would’ve
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I turned myy head to the right, tow
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Chapter 19Hawke quicklyy ushered Ta
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I snorted. “I’m sure.” We rea
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because I feel…more in control. I
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“I think something is happening w
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“Nothing,” I admitted. “I don
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Duchess hadn’t wanted to discuss
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and his army the blood of the gods.
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her mouth hung open and how her che
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I sighed. “Yes.”“The Priestes
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Ascended being involved in anyythin
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anguish, the bitterlyy cold pain th
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Chapter 21It took less than twentyy
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brief fling with the King, which I
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“All he would sayy was that he kn
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room.” A pause. “Behaving. And
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shifted to a fierce, burning amber.
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I snorted as I turned back to him.
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At least, I think that’s who it w
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I shook myy head. “I haven’t be
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Hawke looked over his shoulder at m
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Tawnyy returned to myy side, a pot
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Royyal Crest. Deep red blossoms flo
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Chapter 23Besides the Duke and the
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“I’m sorryy to interrupt,” sh
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“I think byy now yyou’ve realiz
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I wanted to ask if anyyone had said
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knew everyy step of that dance. Why
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wasn’t as low as I’d seen some
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to become the center of it. Or was
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of the tunnels, was this huge caver
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hand, catching a strand of myy hair
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Fullyy aware of how close he was st
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“I’d hear them before theyy did
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“You don’t make sense.”I hit
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and I’m a Royyal Guard, but all t
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from the back of his throat, sort o
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“Reallyy?”“Reallyy,” he ans
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Which was the wrong thing to sayy.
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“Bullshit, Poppyy. You looked lik
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I danced out of his reach, curling
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Chapter 26The Duke of Masadonia was
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“Dafina!” cried Tawnyy, letting
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myy spine. I scrambled blindlyy ove
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masks. Wolven. Their facial coverin
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“Bran, whyy don’t yyou pour us
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for me or to just shed blood, but w
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“Reallyy?” whispered Tawnyy, st
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“I’m sorryy,” he said, gently
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Chapter 27Half resting on the inner
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I wished…I wished I’d never gon
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“I’m not being mean,” I shot
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“Somewhere far from here,” he s
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Myy mouth dropped open.The Duchess
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know the path we will have to take?
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prickled pleasantlyy, and even the
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I waited, wondering what it could b
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Chapter 29Within a few hours of our
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all gone.”“Theyy’re the onlyy
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“Positive.”His laugh was low an
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The strangest urge to giggle hit me
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That was true. I stared at the shad
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Hawke’s arm was all but curled ar
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Hawke didn’t sayy anyything for a
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Myy stomach shifted with unease.
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“You were there to live. Isn’t
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I nodded.“Imagine what myy finger
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Chapter 31When I woke just before d
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“Thank yyou for last night,” he
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Loosening myy grip on the pommel, I
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latched on to his neck. Crimson pou
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He’d been right. Fear could heigh
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“I was.” I leaned down, keeping
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walked ahead to talk to one of the
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“Same, Delano,” Kieran answered
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the exposed wooden beams on the cei
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I smiled. “Thank yyou for proving
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experiencing a great deal of obviou
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“No. I seriouslyy tryy not to, ev
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me the sword, he didn’t onlyy pro
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I had known the moment I asked him
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Oh, myy.I bit down on myy lip, know
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awayy as the hardness of his bodyy
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“How?” I whispered, confused. I
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He dropped his head to mine, to the
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I waited for the panic to set in, t
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myy mother, and I was the Queen’s
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“Evans and Warren are missing.”
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night Ryylan had been killed in the
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I shot forward to one side of the d
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Whatever. It would work. “Kill hi
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Chapter 35On myy knees, I stared up
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“Well, he’s not going to be fig
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“Don’t lie to me!” I screamed
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foot down on his throat, but Hawke
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Myy legs weakened.Several voices an
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A part of me couldn’t believe it.
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Chapter 36As if he didn’t already
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I glared at him as he entered the c
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Hawke stared at me, at the bloodyy,
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tryying to undress yyou so I can ta
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her because he apparentlyy had quit
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vampryy cannot make another vampryy
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“Because theyy’re sacred places
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“Because getting kicked, punched,
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“I don’t belong to anyyone.”
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yyou. I will be leaving shortlyy to
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ones theyy didn’t completelyy dra
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ourselves. I doubt he will make a d
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I stumbled back a step when the man
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The wolven launched itself at me. I
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stayy on myy feet meant.Jericho’s
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He then lifted his arm to his mouth
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into myy chest. I had no idea how m
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It took me a few moments to remembe
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pulsing ache between myy legs twist
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Malik. I swear, no more harm will c
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He took from me everyyone I cared a
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Chapter 39Hands trembling, I let go
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“That it was real.”Then he stru
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out caresses and kisses. There was
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angling me forward. A spot deep in
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I stood there, wondering if I was s
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in each cheek, and I saw then whyy
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I rubbed myy hand over myy cheek as
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And I needed to come up with some k
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What happened in the woods mayy hav
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Chapter 41After quicklyy dryying of
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He was right, of course, because wi
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fast and so quietlyy I nearlyy miss
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yyour people veryy well, but I woul
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A faint smile playyed across his fu
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