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“They’re going to… destroy her, you know? It has already… been seen. This court will… fall… with her inside it.”
“Your father was felled by his own hubris. He was too arrogant. He believed himself invincible, and I had the pleasure of showing him otherwise. A god sword will make worm food out of any of us, no matter who wields it. But, regardless,” I called in a clear voice. “I am no child. My name is Saeris Fane, and I am your queen.”
Take me. Claim me. Fuck me. Own me.
“Just kill me and be done with it. Nothing will ever be better than this.”
“Come now, Osha. Where else would an acolyte kneel to worship but at the altar of his god?”
As for me? I was a sight taller than Swift. Significantly better-looking, too,
“Wendalith cohmerin tas.” The rumbling sound shook the entire tower—many rushing, whispering, shouting voices, intertwining and layering on top of each other.
Thank the fucking gods. Don’t thank them, came Fisher’s low, resonant reply. Thank me. I’m the one who’s about to make you scream.
He couldn’t see, but he knew where he was? There wasn’t time to process that piece of information.
My body felt strange. Too hot. It could have been the fact that I was standing in a forge, in a realm that was already unreasonably fucking hot, but this felt different. I could feel my heart beating all over my body.
This pathway is clear, the speaker declared. Receive this gift all in fear and trembling. In the end, it will be your end.
I had been born into the light, but my salvation had been waiting for me in the dark.
I had always made it a rule to follow a cat. Particularly a black cat.
But the bond that binds you both will be strongest if she places this book into your hands.
My strength has always been my shadows.”
