I had died. My reign had truly ended and everything I had done, everything I had plotted and schemed and worked for had come to nothing…nothing at all… “Thank you,” I choked out, my mind lashing against the reality of where I was and my focus falling on the here and now, the man who had pulled me from that river of torment, the one who had seen fit to save me. I looked up, expecting to find one of my Bonded there, another soul thrust into death, ready to serve me beyond it. The faces of five bloodthirsty demons looked down at me instead. My mouth opened and closed as my gaze moved between my
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Beautiful
