and the gold in her eyes turned to pure flame. He felt his shields blow apart and shuddered as his magic flinched. “Get out,” she whispered venomously. “Scarlett, I—” he started. She held out her right hand. “And leave my godsdamned ring.” He stood and slid the Semiria ring from his finger. He felt his flames gutter and die out as his magic disappeared and hollowness returned. As he dropped it into her palm, though, he realized her arm was unwrapped, and the wound was completely gone. There wasn’t even a mark where it had been. That had been a deep cut. There was no way it could be completely
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