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Chapter 28 – Pride of the Lake
The Warlock moved into the final battle, throwing everything he had left into the fight, and that was no small amount. His remaining arm swung the mace in wide, devastating arcs. Crimson runes flickered along the weapon, no longer glowing steadily, but stuttering like a light bulb about to burn out, but with each flash, a shockwave was released that shattered furniture and knocked Shaeravyn soldiers and sorceresses off their feet. Even Shaelith had to pick herself up again. The Warlock did not try to…-
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The Warlock still lay where he had fallen. No one had moved him. But his helmet had slipped from his head in death, revealing his ordinary human face. Narrow, unremarkable, and unkempt, with three-day stubble and dark circles under his eyes. He actually looked more like an exhausted accountant than someone who commanded a goblin army, drove four peoples to war, and committed countless massacres. The kind of person whose neighbors would later report on television that they had no idea. Shaelith looked…
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Chapter 30 – Back Again
The flight had been a success in every way, with the sole exception that Grimbart had not survived it. At least, that's what he claimed. "I AM DEAD," he yelled into the wind as his grasshopper caught a thermal and shot ten feet upward. "I AM DEAD, AND THIS IS THE FORGE FATHER'S PUNISHMENT FOR MY SINS!" Mirrsoss zipped through the air beside them, wings flapping wildly, face turned toward the sun, and made a small detour to get closer to Grimbart's grasshopper. "Grimbart! Look, down there is the river…-
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Chapter 52 – Confess
Gaudbert rushed ahead, and Shaelith followed barefoot. The entire castle was deserted because everyone was already down on the tournament field. "Damn it, my armor," Gaudbert gasped as they were almost across the courtyard, and he was about to turn back. "We don't have time for that now!" Shaelith gave him a nudge, and he started moving again. After they passed through the castle gate and went down the stairs to the field, their paths parted as Shaelith turned toward the nobles' stands and…-
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Chapter 31 – Two Cultures
Shaelith loved the night in Myzelemaerlazin, when the bioluminescent glow mushrooms dimmed their intensity and bathed the city in a deep, warm, velvety violet. Even Vyrnara Palace didn't really sleep, but rather slumbered, and in this twilight Shaelith moved silently through the corridor. Behind her lay Benderast, who had been snoring like clockwork for the past hour on the bed he had made for himself on the floor. At least he stuck to that. Honor was hanging outside the door, so Shaelith tried to be…-
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Chapter 42 – Revealing Revelling
"Lady Shaelith?" Sir Gaudbert straightened up from his elegant bow and tilted his head. Shaelith barely heard him, as she was still staring intently at the servant carrying the poisoned wine, who was just passing behind Gaudbert and continuing straight toward Benderast. Gaudbert turned, followed her gaze, and saw the servant with the lone cup of wine on his tray. "Oh," he said cheerfully. "Wine!" And before Shaelith could even react, he had stepped into the servant's path, snatched the cup from…-
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Chapter 21 – The Way North
The gates of Myzelemaerlazin were already an hour behind them when Shaelith was finally able to think clearly again. The finger. Vyriz's finger. With the word "COME" carved into the skin like an invitation to a damn dinner party. She marched silently at the head of the group, mechanically putting one foot in front of the other, while her anxious thoughts were with Vyriz. The landscape around them gradually changed, and the phosphorescent mushroom columns of the Shaeravyn heartlands gave way to wild fern…-
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Obelaine's desperate cry had caused Frambert to hesitate. The tip of his sword trembled as it rested against Benderast's throat. "Obelaine, no," Frambert croaked. "That… that's not true. Gwilet warned me that you'd say that. You've convinced yourself that this guy saved you, that… that you love him, that… so you can bear the fact that he… what he did to you…" Oh, for fuck's sake, I don't know if I've ever encountered a more despicable worm than Gwilet. Gwilet hadn't just spun a web of…
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Chapter 43 – Love in Thoughts
The next morning, they sat around the cooking fire, and Grimbart handed out porridge to them. Shaelith waited until everyone had a bowl and Honor had finished commenting on the sunrise. Then she recounted what Gaudbert had told her while they were dancing. "And I guess I'm the cunning witch in the story," she concluded. "Right after that, he had to, um, make a quick exit." Mirrsoss's antennae twitched at the mere memory. "So… do you think the nice, chubby knight was telling the truth?" "All in…-
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Chapter 22 – The Crossing
The river was a problem. Shaelith stood on the bank and watched the rushing waters tumbling through the rocky riverbed below them. Recent rains had turned the stream into a raging monster, carrying tree trunks and debris as if they were nothing. And where there had once been a bridge, probably not too long ago, only a few stone pillars now protruded from the water. The rest lay scattered on the bank as a field of debris. Some beams were half sunk in the mud, others had become entangled in the bushes, but…-
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