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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 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 3 – A Strange Childhood
"Hold still, Shaelith." The servant pulled another purple strand through the complicated weave. "Almost done." Jacob sat motionless on the padded stool and watched in the mirror as his hair was woven into messages. House Vyrnara above all others. Daughter of the Matriarch. Studies Sorcery. Virgin. The list went on with an incredible amount of information about a seven-year-old child, even a seven-year-old elf child, but he had no control over it. At his apparent age, others decided what his hairstyle…-
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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 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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Shaelith couldn't see much from her chained position, but what she did see was enough to realize that doom was descending upon the goblins below. The Tulvian cavalry made the ground beneath the fortress vibrate as thousands of heavy warhorses simultaneously crashed into the hastily assembled outer defensive lines of the goblins. Above the thunder of hooves, the magically amplified voices of the living Tulvian battle standards cut through the noise, the bizarre, sentient silk banners that moved…
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Chapter 26 – Story Engine
The Warlock led them calmly through the fortress. He had tied Shaelith's hands behind her back and was pulling her and Vyriz behind him on a leash like dogs. Vyriz's eyes were still blindfolded, his mouth still gagged, but he was staying on his feet, and Shaelith tried to stay close enough to him that he knew where she was and didn't accidentally stumble. The Warlock wore a simple linen shirt, dark pants, and supple leather boots that were of good quality but had definitely seen better days. A short…-
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Chapter 25 – Inside the Fortress
Shaelith counted how many steps they took. Not for tactical reasons, because Thaelon was better at keeping track of the distances they covered than she was. He simply seemed to have a natural feel for it. No, she counted to calm herself, to give her mind something to do that would distract her from the seven Rynalazel assassins that someone had slaughtered as if it were nothing. Fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five... The passageway rose. Slowly at first, then noticeably, and the air became less stuffy.…-
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Chapter 24 – Hidden Passage
From their hidden position, they thoroughly observed the fortress, hoping to get some idea of how they could get inside. When Mirrsoss returned from her second reconnaissance flight, her moth wings were still a little damp from the clouds she had hidden in to avoid detection. She landed fairly silently between them. Her compound eyes glimmered in the pale light. "The main gates are heavily guarded," she reported breathlessly. "At least forty to fifty goblins at each entrance, and they change regularly.…-
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Chapter 23 – Strange Bedfellows
The drizzle had now turned into a steady patter that was slowly soaking Shaelith. She stood in front of Benderast's tent like an idiot, considering what to do. In her hand she held her sleeping roll, which had already taken on a darker hue, and water dripped from the tips of her braids. I could sleep under a tree. Or build a shelter out of branches and leaves. Or just stand here and freeze to death out of pure stubbornness, she thought, sneezing. Objectively speaking, all of these options were stupider…-
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