“You’re a heartless bastard.” Demos cut her a hard look. “Take this as a lesson. You will train, Asinia. Until your hands are callused and you move without thinking. Because you came close to dying yourself today. Don’t think I didn’t see it.” His gaze swept the room, and I could see the leader he’d been before Regner had imprisoned him. “There is no room for emotion in a fight.” His amber eyes met mine. “If you allow your emotions to overtake your logic, you are dead. Thol didn’t have to die today. And that’s all the more tragic. But Lorian didn’t kill him. Prisca didn’t kill him. He threw
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