“You,” the marid told me. “I should have known.” It turned towards Sonder and reached out, pale fingers resting delicately against his armour. Sonder was trembling, eyes wide with panic, struggling to move against the paralysis spell. “Worth keeping?” the marid mused. I tried to think of what to do. All I could think of was that last-resort idea I’d had about Arachne’s dress, but I was on the other side of a camera and— The marid killed Sonder then killed Lumen. Their bodies dropped, dead before they hit the ground. I stood frozen, trying to process what I’d seen. It had been so fast that it
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