“There was a prophecy warning of this moment,” I breathed as the flames fell away and Lionel Acrux grabbed hold of the gate, rattling it brutally and not making a shred of difference to it. “Beware the man with the painted smile,” I breathed a laugh, remembering how I had inspected that little nugget of insight from the stars after plucking it from the mind of Gabriel Nox. “The moment I heard those words, I saw this moment in my future and knew they had been intended for you.” “Open this gate, you traitorous worm!” Lionel bellowed, the power of the gate too much for even his mighty claim to
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