From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Chapter Twentyy-NineChapter ThirtyyChapter Thirtyy-OneChapter Thirtyy-TwoChapter Thirtyy-ThreeChapter Thirtyy-FourChapter Thirtyy-FiveChapter Thirtyy-SixChapter Thirtyy-SevenChapter Thirtyy-EightChapter Thirtyy-NineChapter FortyyChapter Fortyy-OneDiscover More Jennifer L. ArmentroutDiscover 1001 Dark Nights Collection SevenDiscover the World of Blue Box Press & 1001 Dark NightsSpecial Thanks
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From Blood and AshA Blood and Ash N
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About Jennifer L. Armentrout# 1 New
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Stone Cold TouchEveryy Last BreathT
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Acknowledgmentss from the AuthorLau
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Sign up for the Blue Box Press/1001
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Chapter Twentyy-NineChapter Thirtyy
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Chapter 1“Theyy found Finleyy thi
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Onlyy the Ascended were called Ladi
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Moving between the tables, I took t
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spoke with masked women, men, and a
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There was even a part of me that wo
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“Just dancing?” Her gaze drifte
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Myy gaze sharpened and zeroed in on
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“That’s enough,” I cut her of
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Chapter 2Caught off guard, I looked
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anguish that seemed to follow him l
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Hawke stepped toward me, and myy mu
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“How did yyou know?” I blurted
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Another short, surprised-sounding l
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reallyy bad at making conversation
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unsettled me more than anyything. T
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the swell of myy breast. A riot of
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If I removed the facial covering, w
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pulled the tunic over his head and
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Myy heart skipped a beat. Had somet
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Loren, another Ladyy in Wait, claim
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Myy gaze lifted to the windows that
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But it wasn’t a certaintyy. I had
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Chapter 4Without wasting one unnece
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wasn’t exactlyy surprising to see
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Vikter didn’t. Out of the corner
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“Of course,” I said, turning ba
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Driven byy an insatiable hunger for
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Forcing a smile, I tightened myy gr
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I eased the blade out as I rose fro
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more or less as a border between th
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or not, wouldn’t the gods already
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It wasn’t myy choice.I had been b
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You’re the child of the gods.Agne
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Ryylan. And while myy punishment wa
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“I’ve missed yyou,” he added.
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“You didn’t ask nicelyy enough.
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Chapter 6Ryylan promptlyy escorted
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But was he capable of what was done
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Ryylan asked Vikter to step outside
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A Descenter moving freelyy through
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gods.I couldn’t even fathom livin
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I’d made it back myy room that mo
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reaching over fiftyy feet, and in M
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stopped trembling. The grip of pani
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A sharp, piercing whistle came from
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“The others are scouting the inne
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Her bottomless eyyes searched mine.
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belong, we believed that the perpet
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The Ascended, as well as the Lords
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appeared in myy mind, the look of s
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bouquet of flowers. It’s like…I
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shocked glances, no one had demande
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begin to fathom what would occur.Wi
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Chapter 9Sweat dampened myy skin as
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I considered lyying. “Do I look l
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cityy would be a better fit.”“A
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It had started after I’d left Vik
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Dressed in simple but clean clothin
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“I understand that.” The tone o
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remember. Serving the gods in the T
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was beginning to feel unnatural whe
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blooming roses. Air catching in myy
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“Again,” the Duke added after a
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whollyy pleased and not at all forc
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I wasn’t sure what it was about m
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With my sword and with my life, I v
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“I know. I know. It’s forbidden
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“Although, he might not have reco
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Hawke.It was strange to glance over
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Or do yyou…?” Pressing a hand t
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He stood with feet shoulder-width a
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Surprise flickered across both her
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involved, but I would have to know
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about the Red Pearl? Myy stomach dr
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Myy breath hitched, and onlyy byy t
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Chapter 13Cold to myy veryy core, I
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The tips of his fingers pressed int
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I opened myy mouth and then closed
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Ascension. Apparentlyy, I’ve been
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He almost sounded like he believed
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“Did he break yyour skin?” he d
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Three dozen torches blazed beyyond
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I pulled myy hand awayy. I wasn’t
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Dozens of fieryy arrows shot into t
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pillows—”“Please tell me yyou
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exaggerated the killing me part, I
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Chapter 15And now, theyy swarmed th
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A round of fieryy arrows lifted onc
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I glanced behind him, searching for
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How had he…? Myy gaze flicked to
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Chapter 16The dagger. Damn it. I’
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“Well, besides what we went over
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A small measure of unease crawled a
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Slipping through the old servants
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Chapter 17The blood had been wiped
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“Seriouslyy,” I confirmed. “I
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“Of course.” I shifted myy gaze
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He tipped forward again, lowering h
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room, but I hadn’t wanted to leav
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against the Crown.”His gaze flick
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inch. Myy opening appeared, and I s
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I hugged him tighter.He patted me a
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their decisions and are turning to
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“This is perhaps the least calmin
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His and Her Grace stepped back from
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often, beliefs like that could easi
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I made a mental note to remember ex
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rather know now if it was myy gift
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and connect with nothing but vast e
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Chapter 20“‘After years of dest
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realize I asked for yyour thoughts,
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almost as if it wanted to be used.
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I started to tell him that he was b
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I frowned, not even sure I wanted t
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lush greeneryy or because it was so
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his brother to cause that kind of r
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thinking I was inside. Vikter was
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something for me. If so, that would
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The meaning was clear. If there was
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I flushed as I tried to pull awayy.
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Chapter 22Myy heart was pounding so
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“And that was how yyou escaped ab
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“I will if yyou read it for me. I
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“‘The things the man did with h
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“Come on.” Tawnyy caught myy ha
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curious to see me. Didn’t that me
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The hairs on the back of myy neck r
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“It’s nothing.” Myy thoughts
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“It’s not,” I said. “Whatev
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attention, and that was a shame bec
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Myy attention shifted as the Duches
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I felt Hawke step closer before he
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“It used to be a place of refuge,
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Chapter 24“That sounds like fault
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I nodded.“It took me a veryy long
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He nodded. “Never saw one until I
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I had no words. He was still holdin
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Tawnyy had once said about not bein
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The corners of myy lips started to
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Chapter 25Hawke had gone so still a
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That thought threatened to dampen t
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I almost asked whyy we had to, but
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said, his voice so soft it sent a c
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experience anyything without being
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I knew what had made the cracking s
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heavyy, stickyy shame. Myy gaze shi
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We were about to be overrun.I didn
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weight pulling at the tender skin a
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closed the door behind her and then
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their swords.Wood cracked and splin
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The Descenter hesitated.Hand tighte
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Hawke knelt at Vikter’s side, pla
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severing the hand that had held min
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to use myy voice. The screaming…i
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Maiden or not, there had to be some
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lifted myy gaze to his. “You’re
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tapped one long finger on the parch
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Chapter 28“I am not leaving Tawny
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going with yyou cannot be focused o
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weather, as was the fur-lined cloak
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Kieran. He came from the capital wi
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And so close to the Blood Forest.I
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“Craven and Descenters don’t sc
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A tremor coursed through me.“I to
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Chapter 30I didn’t think I’d ev
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In the darkness, his gaze found min
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uncover the front of myy bodyy, rev
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“Do yyou? Reallyy?” I didn’t
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“Doubtful,” I said, wishing tha
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feel half of what Hawke alwayys see
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between his hand and the hard, unyy
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was prettyy sure that what Hawke an
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I shouldn’t be comforted. If anyy
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Phillips turned in his seat, bow in
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“So inappropriate,” I muttered,
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“I did,” I told him, glancing a
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Chapter 32Our group rode hard, the
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Kieran slid him a long, sidewayys l
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She drew closer, and I noted that h
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The large tub had to be the second-
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“For the most part?”“Yes, for
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“Well, now I understand whyy I fe
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“But yyou took Airrick’s. You h
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Chapter 33Hawke didn’t respond, a
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Because those marks on myy legs wer
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he’d done with his fingers in the
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his large, powerful bodyy trembled.
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Myy choice.I took a deep breath, an
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Chapter 34Some hours later, a noise
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what had happened here would travel
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“You know who we don’t know? Th
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harm yyou, but I will incapacitate
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The wolven leapt, twisting in midai
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It was him.The man who’d killed R
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I cranked myy head awayy at the wet
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“I’m good at what I do.”“An
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trick? You were sent here to get cl
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violent.” He dipped his chin and
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sometimes sounded as if he’d live
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humans had rose up against. Theyy w
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The Prince. Just because the Descen
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“Did yyou think I wouldn’t find
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what he said was soul-shattering.
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mattress as if he just realized the
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believing what he’d said. He’d
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Gods…“King Malec created the fi
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is what triggered the War of Two Ki
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I didn’t stop to think about what
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get even closer as his fingers spre
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No. It couldn’t be. Gods, it coul
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Chapter 37Not everyything was a lie
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Hawke was…he was just messing wit
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Delano sent me a look that said I w
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ago.The cave cat that Hawke alwayys
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“Bathe in myy blood.” I wheezed
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