And with a jolt of clarity I knew, in the depths of my bones, what Kaiser was. A creature of legend, a rarity among Fae, possessing an Order so terrible it was said few survived the cruelty of their wrath. “Fury,” I gasped as the vision of my mother turned into one of those snarling, dark red dogs instead, the beast pinning me down and its master leaning over it to glare at me. Only Kaiser didn’t really glare, it was emptier than that, this hollow monster seeing me suffer and drinking in the power I fed him through my dread. The well of my magic drained in my chest as terror shuddered its way
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