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 …
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It was hard to stay calm when the World tilted and suddenly his back was against the wall. Was hard not to remember the last time a Dhaoine had pressed their forearm against his throat and held him against rough stone, face inches from his own. Was hard to breathe passed the rising panic that choked his …
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The whole City trembled as though some great beast had shifted beneath it. She frowned and looked around them. They were in the City square where the merchants used to set up. But where once there'd been stalls spread across several open blocks of cobblestone, there was just emptiness now. As though when her kè had sunk his …
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She stood in the doorway, shoulder tucked against the jamb, arms wrapped around her middle. Part of her was thankful that everyone else was in the front of the house discussing logistics or some such shit. Another part of her wished there was a guard on the door to keep her away like they had …
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They chittered happily. It wasn't quite the Question they needed asked but it was close enough. Got them one step closer to freedom. Now they just needed to get everyone in place so that when the Question was asked for real, they could hear the Answer and act. Soon. So very soon. And then they'd be really free and …
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"He cannot go there, Sheieh. Do you fucking hear me?" Relyt ducked back around the corner and flattened himself against the wall, listening intently because that was Lílrt's voice. "Aye, my Lord, but we aren't due there for another three days?" His Guardian sounded upset but not in the normal way. "We were only just now beginning …
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Despite the warnings from both Xitlali and Hujiel, let alone the guards who were stood at intervals along the hallway, outside the door, and at either end of the hallway, he pushed into Rhyshladlyn's room. Watched half distractedly as the door slowly slumped towards the ground before landing with a dull thud, utterly ripped off its hinges. Then …
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