"Who are you?" No sooner had he asked the question did the Alphenian in front of him get yanked back across the street-stones, his scream short and dripping with a living terror that woke up something primal in him. He recognized that scream not from the Alphenian's throat but from his own. With a snarl he clenched his hands …
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Sweat stung his eyes, mixing with the blood that already half-blinded him but he didn't stop moving. Even when seeing was nearly impossible because of that burn, even when keeping his eyes open was too exhausting because he was already dangerously close to passing out, he didn't stop moving. He couldn't, even though he wanted …
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It was weightless and yet heavy here. Weightlessly heavy? Sure, that sounded plausible. But it was cold and lonely and filled with a feeling that was as indescribable as that weightless heaviness that pressed against skin that screamed and cooed simultaneously at any contact. Was that fear? Was it curiosity? Hope? Hatred? Worry? Elation? Anguish? …
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Her hands were shaking. Hadn't stopped since Xheshmaryú had gotten them back to the cabin. She was certain they shook even when she slept, body too full of adrenaline, too overcome with guilt and horror and worry to sit still even in slumber. "Shadi!" his voice was like thunder, deep and powerful, rumbling low in …
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He blinked awake, head throbbing as he fought to focus eyes that shook and ached. And promptly wished he'd stayed out when a mouth that smiled around too many teeth and sapphire eyes that were as dark and unforgiving as the ocean appeared before him, close enough for him to feel the gust of breath from …
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It was cold. Colder than it had ever been. And it was loud. Loud with a sound that was piercing and incessant, undercut by a rumbling that was at once like a heartbeat and thunder and yet not. It beat against over sensitive flesh and ears that weren't accustomed to noise. Shaking hands covered ringing ears, a groan …
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She looked beautiful, the sunlight bouncing off the auburn highlights in her black hair, the way that light haloed around her making her crimson eyes pop in a way that stole his breath. Though it was more the look in those eyes that seized his lungs and stopped his heart. She looked at him like …
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This wasn't the first time she'd stood outside Zhalharaq feeling like history was being made while she debated how to react. And she doubted it would be the last, as disconcerting as that feeling was. She had stood here, in this exact spot, looking at her home where it spread out across the Raq'r Plains …
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He opened his eyes with a groan when he felt the entire City shake. Tried to swallow down the fear that thickened the air in his lungs as he felt the rubble that half buried him tremble, as every instinct came alive and screaming danger. Barely kept himself from loosing a shout as an obelisk …
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He felt the rumbling before he heard it and whirled in a circle searching for its source as his stomach dropped out to play about with his knees. The ground rippled a handful of yards away beside Azriel who stood talking with a group of searchers, absolutely ignorant of the danger that was right there. As …
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