“What?” “You fell apart. Did not even try to draw your dagger. All of that practice with Hekla, I thought you’d do better.” It took a moment for his words to sink in. “You watched it?” She stepped toward him, anger licking up her limbs, replacing the numbness with searing heat. “You watched it, and you did not kill that…that thing?” “I had my handaxe trained on it the whole time.” She was seething. “I thought I was going to die! I believed myself dead!” “The beast had followed us for three hours. I wanted to see what you could do on your own.” He shook his head. “Disappointing.” “You let it
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