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Shouts Fu for razors Bullets, pulseblasts, snap past ins to rise

I screaht I’ve ever had The hand offroers The ship continues to rise The roar of the engines fills ainst runt desperately and jerk le, but possible in the low gravity I roll forward into the bay and onto ainst the floor The sound of the engines slipping away as the door shuts and pressurizes All I hear is ed breath and the rumble of the deadly shuttle as it makes its escape

I look up

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Death of a Gold

Six Praetorians in full armor watch me Karnus is with the as he sees n stands in front of her Praetorians, tall but hardly co to their shoulders

Blooydamn I didn’t think they’d all still be in the bay

"Darrow?" Fitchner al about to see if the others notice how ridiculous a present just fell in their laps "What?… Andromedus, where did you come from? It looks like Jove himself just shit you out"

I stay onblood and rain and sweat and e," Fitchner says quickly as the ship rises in the sky

"No," the Sovereign answers "Achilles would never have been ranso captured, he loses what ards round "Aja, cut off his head"

Aja paces toward me "Stupid boy No friends No army No hope"

I chuckle darkly "Who needs hope when you have a pulseGrenade?"

I hold up the munitions I ripped off the Gray’s belt They recoil

"What do you want, Andron asks slowly

"To prove you are not invincible Land this ship"

Octavia smiles and speaks into her coravBoots I losethen back to the deck My enemies stay rooted in place Aja kicks the pulseGrenade out the open hatch It explodes far beneath