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Stil panted and peeled hi the sore shoulder he landed on

On the other side of the frosted wall, the nightroaned and shook his head to clear his sight andinventory of his body as he stood

He was going to be stiff the following day, but there were no injuries

The night traveled a few feet down the border to peer around the ice shield

The rider shot his loaded crossbow, but the arroas blocked by ice that shot out of the ground and snapped around the weapon with frigid jaws

"Cudere," Stil called, forcing his arm up His double-ended spear treh the air, as if thrown It easily broke through the ice wall, sending a cascade of ice shards everywhere Stil caught the weapon and twirled it once to rid it of ice flecks before he brandished it at the rider

He toed the border line and took a swipe at the nightmare with the curved tip The beast barely avoided it and screaled the weapon at the rider "Well?" he said

The nightmare snorted as the rider lowered the crossbow The rider turned the animal and road off into the inky darkness, the hellhound following thelas and shook his head "I have no idea what any of this is about," he sighed

Lady Linnea grunted as she swung her leg over the palace wall, dropping into the sot news for you Sissel just about took down Malfrid when Malfrid…Geainst thegrate and peer inside

Ge?" Lady Linnea wondered, fixing the shawl she had tied over her blonde hair "No, her cape is here, and the ht her They can’t have s…" Lady Linnea trailed off, her heart crawling into her throat

Where was Geured out how she got the gold thread and beheaded her?

"Gemma," Lady Linnea hissed into the e, Lady Linnea scrambled to stand up

What happened to Gemma? Where was she? How could she find out?