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She shouldn’t be dead There’d been no Death Angel

But Jade was still and quiet in his ars

Had the angel just come and clairief that he’d missed that desperatein this wretched place So els had been there Were still there?

Tanner was alive Az’s rage focused on the shifter who’d sent hi path Why did Tanner still live? Why?

Why was anyone alive? If Jade couldn’t live

Deep crevices opened beneath his feet More tombs shattered

"You had her for a little while That will have to be enough," Saht, his eyes staring at Az with--fear?

He should be afraid Everyone should Az wasn’t going to let her be taken froh him Brandt had broken her beautiful neck In one, fast, brutal instant, Brandt took her from me Az sed and tasted hate "Is the tih?"

His brother flinched "No"

"Then get h Fire burst beside hiround He tilted back his head and glared up at the starlight sky "Bastion!"

"You can’t call back the dead" This ca stare The shifter sed and straightened his shoulders "Even you aren’t that strong It hurts, I know, but you have to let her go"

He didn’t want to let her go "Ineed her" She was so slight in his araze fell to her once more "I-I love her" Love A human emotion But a hu his heart

Was this his true punishment? For all the sins he had committed, was this the end he’d been fated to receive?

Don’t take her Please

She should live Be happy Be free

You aren’t that strong Tanner’s words echoed in his ears The shifter was right He wasn’t strong Without Jade, he eak