“So the garden, those markers…” “There are two-hundred and thirty-two graves marked by the glass in that garden,” he said, confirming my worst fear. “Those are the ones whose bodies were actually found—the ones who didn’t burn entirely to ash.” His gaze still held mine. We couldn’t seem to look away from one another. “Ederis,” he said. “That was the largest of the towns I destroyed beyond repair. The rumors said the assassins who targeted my family had hailed from there, so that was where I went first.” After a brief struggle, I finally found my voice. “Ederis was once a…a…” “A predominantly
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