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He brought a Faeling here to Ajun, to visit the gate. He was barely more than a boy. Belikon put a sword in his hand and declared that he should be the first to go through the gate and behold the paradise that waited for us on the other side.” “Since this pool was different from all the other pools, he said I wouldn’t need the relic my mother gave me,” Fisher whispered.
This was where Kingfisher had entered the quicksilver. This was where it had infected him from the inside out and almost driven him mad.
the beast that crawled through it killed all six knights on watch and dragged their bodies back through with it when it left. I was summoned as a result. Since then, it’s opened every day, for a period of three hours each time. We’ve been recording the timings. We’ve been waiting.”
We need you to seal that brimstone rune. And brimstone only has one source.”
“It’s never been given an official name here. The pantheon of undergods and the dragons they breed there call it Diaxis. But personally… I’ve always called it hell
“Styx. Lord of the charred aerie. King of dragons. He is your master. He is the one you must obey.”
We weren’t allowed to die. There was too much riding on us.
“You’ve spared us so that I can be brought before your master for judgment.”
Don’t speak. When you wake, for the love of all the gods, do not say a single word.
Githrand.
Crave. But there’s a scent on her that I dislike.”
“A weapon from one of the dead houses. Older than the halls of this kingdom and theirs combined, and he expects us to believe that the traitor gods gave it to him.”
“That sword could end worlds in the right hands. If it’s what I think it is, it is one of the forgotten blades of our ancestors… and you do not have the right to wield it.”
“I can scent the magic on that thing,” he said. “It smells like death.”
you killed our father’s emissary, too. You severed his only thread of power in Yvelia. You weakened him—”
Ereth. The Lord of Midnight who had attacked me at the coronation. He’d been a religious leader of sorts. He had told Khydan that he worshipped different gods. Under
Sorry, Osha. Arissan has always guarded Diaxis. I’ve spent centuries practicing at hiding information behind locked doors in my head. She saw what I wanted her to see. But you? I knew she’d look into your mind. You wouldn’t have been able to hide it from her. There just wasn’t time to prepare you.
“Shadow magic doesn’t belong in your realm. Where did you get this power?”
“Who… are you?” Crave choked. “Only… half-gods may wield shadows.” Khydan drew in a deep breath, ignoring the male’s question. “I’ve come for a dragon, as is my right. Summon our father. Tell him I’ve come to make a trade.
