Ey ran through the halls, jumped over piles of bodies, tried eir hardest not to notice the way the walls moved with the rivulets of blood that slid down them from arterial splatters on the ceiling. Ey ran and searched as best ey could for one particular Dhaoine. Searched with the hope that ey would …
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It was supposed to be safe. Everything was supposed to go fine and they were supposed to be safe from this. Safe from repercussions that saw Death walking the halls of her primary compound. That saw it wearing a Dhaoinic body and stalking her through those very halls as it tossed her around like a …
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He'd lost count of the severed body parts, of the death that trailed after him as he made his way through the halls. Lost count of the number and races of the guards and the clients and the warriors wearing Xitlali's livery that he dropped where they stood. Lost count of the screaming faces and the …
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The Nameless walked the Worlds, gait unhurried but every movement filled with coiled impatience. The Soullessly Heartfelt moved with it in perfect sync step at its left hand, swinging Her Feather idly as She walked. The Faceless walked a couple of steps behind Them but it didn't matter; Time moved at its own pace, no one …
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She glanced at Xheshmaryú whenever they touched land and knew by the expression on the Nochresi's face that they wouldn't get to Ryphqi in time. Knew, too, that there was nowhere in the Worlds that wouldn't feel the explosion Rhyshladlyn was gathering in N'phier City. The farther from the epicenter, the greater the chance of …
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The second the bells rang out the hour of midnight he rolled to his feet, shaking his body from head to toe like a wolf would shake water off its fur. Head tilting to the side he tasted the air, felt the Danger, the way the air inside the compound was stagnant in comparison. Heard the Quiet …
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Racing heart. Shuddering breathing. Pain, so much pain. The thumping patter of feet running on stone. The scrape of rough stone on palms and fingertips. Blurring speed, even blurrier faces, some twisted, others frozen. Heart speed increases. Muscles burns. Pain, so much pain. Pain that turned into a searing agony oh gods it hurts make …
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What have we done... I need to know what I've done... The questions banged around the Worlds, slipped and slid alone the currents, danced along the Lines, filled the hidden places. For days they filled the air with Danger, for days they gave them, the Lost and the Broken and the Forgotten, strength that built …
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The moment the last swirl, dot, and line was drawn by the three of them he felt the power snap into place. Felt the first whisper of magick so old and so powerful it made his teeth ache. "We need to put a few leagues between us and here," he said as he took several steps back from the …
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It had been a week since Xefras had escaped. A week since Rhyshladlyn had murdered Iköl and Lílrt had been chased out of the Grey Qishir's room. And they were no closer to finding an answer to how to kill him than they were a week ago. Though that hadn't stopped Lílrt from tearing apart …
The Seven Worlds 