Battle shouldn't be such a shock to her. Not after four hundred plus years of it. But after a couple months spent pulled from the Fields, the depravity of those that fought in the churning and bloodied dirt caught her off guard. The viciousness with which they absolutely destroyed one a other had always been …
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Azgerdyl City spread out in all directions, nearly as big as Shiran City had been, with a layout that was similar enough that she often forgot she wasn't home. It's sparsely glowing stone buildings hummed faintly, a siren call to an era that felt like it had been millennia ago versus only a handful of …
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It was well past midday when he returned to the small camp, grumpily wiping sweat off his brow, having forgotten that Majik was cooler in the morning and evening, freezing at night, and hotter than a forge at midday this time of year. With a hiss, he peeled his sweat-soaked tunic over his head, wringing …
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He watched as Rhyshladlyn bobbed and weaved among the trees, amazed at how he could stand this close to the Qishir and go undetected when normally his presence was noticed immediately once he was within a certain range. But he didn't blame Rhyshladlyn for missing him. After all he was distracted and rightly so given …
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Ey shouldn't have come here, to this place where millions of eyes watched em, where shadows that had a sentience no shadow should followed em down the paths, slinking from tree to tree. Shouldn't have come here where soft clicking chirrups of anticipation, the laughter of children, and the wails of mourning parents made music …
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The wind sighed through the trees, sounding eerily like distant screams as the leaves rustled and the tree bark creaked like old joints barely capable of functioning anymore. The Hounds that guarded the Forest's boundaries wailed and laughed. The Xhlëndïr that were its shadows chirruped and clicked, the sounds a counter-melody to the Hounds they played with. The Oiki that enticed …
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He had no idea where they were, only that it was cold and dark and that he could feel millions of unseen eyes watching them. Could hear the creaking of tree bark, the thuds of heavy branches knocking gently against each other several hundred feet above his head as the wind played with them. Could …
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It was a beautiful ceremony but he hadn't been able to focus on it. He smiled as genuinely as he could at the way Nhulynolyn beamed at Bayls, at how the Sinner Demon just smiled back up at him, a shy blush darkening her cheeks because they looked so perfect stood before the fire, hands …
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It was hard to not feel slighted, to not harbor a grudge. But he did, even if it was stupid, even if he knew he'd brought all this on himself. Probably especially because he'd brought it on himself. But it wasn't all his doing, not really. He was merely the product of his situation and the consequences of the …
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"Well?" He prompted when his Steward stayed silent. Azriel sent a pulse of calm down their link, the touch gentle and soothing but he didn't sink into it like he wanted to. This was a conversation that should have been started months ago when he first came back, when Relyt snarled at him and forgot …
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