“You remind me of . . . I would have been very proud to see my daughter grow up like you, Arwen.” For a moment I was speechless. It was the kindest thing I’d ever heard him say. It was maybe the kindest thing anyone besides my own mother had ever said to me. “What happened to her?” I asked tentatively. I wasn’t sure I wanted to know. Dagan bent down to pick up the swords and wrap them in their coverings. “My wife and infant daughter were killed by the very man that Kane wages war against.” I staggered back at the horror of his words. “That grief, that anger. I find a way to harness it each
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