I’ve only time for one last lesson… “I have you,” Demandred finally growled, breathing heavily. “Whoever you are, I have you. You cannot win.” “You didn’t listen to me,” Lan whispered. One last lesson. The hardest… Demandred struck, and Lan saw his opening. Lan lunged forward, placing Demandred’s sword point against his own side and ramming himself forward onto it. “I did not come here to win,” Lan whispered, smiling. “I came here to kill you. Death is lighter than a feather.” Demandred’s eyes opened wide, and he tried to pull back. Too late. Lan’s sword took him straight through the throat.
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