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Instead, the hundreds of luxiats docilely accepted the change of guard, accepted being checked for weapons, and ht Suicidal Using their freedo power Insane She looked at the letter again

When they were finally brought forward, the Color Prince met them himself He wasStar

"Why Neta Delucia, I had no idea you’d taken the black robe," the Color Prince said, addressing a woh deluded, is… refreshing"

Neta Delucia was the city mother who the prince had said would head the opposition So apparently the young corregidor had been successful after all

Neta spat toward the Color Prince "You bought him That little coward That little traitor I knew you would"

"I knew you were the only one who had a chance to stop him," Koios said "So how he’d win, your bad luck?"

"He struck half an hour before my men were to arrive to take hi to do what needs to be done," the prince said

Neta looked like she couldn’t believe she was being given a second chance After a moment, she fell to her knees, heedless of all the conde "My lord, I would be happy to--I would be delighted and honored to serve"

"Who’s the traitor now?" the Color Prince asked He turned his back on her

"But h," the prince said

"My lord! My lord! Please! Please!"

"Silence her," the prince said

A soldier stepped forward and slashed a dagger across her neck Blood sprayed out of her throat and she cru out her last breaths

Liv felt a wave of nausea, and quickly drafted superviolet to gain control of herself

"I didn’t mean kill her!" the prince said "I--it doesn’t matter She didn’t deserve to be with these servants of Orhola you love, and I hate what you’ve done to the Seven Satrapies But I ade Your deaths will spare thousands on both sides For this one act, I admire you Die well"

The Color Prince turned to the soldiers guarding them "Bind theht, none screamed Then, as hundreds of soldiers descended with ropes and bound the unresisting luxiats, he turned to his own gathered people

"My brothers and sisters, today is the first day of a new order!" Cheers interrupted him, and he had to hile they quieted "Today, we take our first steps out of darkness" More cheers If anything, to Liv Koios looked irritated that he wasn’t able to finish She gathered that he hadn’t spoken to huge groups very often, especially not huge and enthusiastic groups flushed with victory and bloodshed "We have been kept chained by the Chro to stand for it any longer?"

"No!" a fewto let the Chromeria tell us what to do?"