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His gaze lingers then drops to the ht and his battle-witch Not the world she came from, not the curse he carries Not even her name is kept from him Do you understand, witch? When I ask you a question, you will ansith the truth Always"

EhIt's not the answer he wants, so I nod

"A thousand-year curse was placed upon all the kingdoms of the realm 'Tis my duty to break it by the end of this era"

There's sos of Black Moon Dra all This realht as well have been hit by a bag of doorknobs "No That can't be"

"'Tis so To break the curse, I must finish whatto my family"

"So you prayed for a battle-witch to help you" I don't like this sinking feeling inside me, the one that says I need to help an unlikely hero save his world I don't want anything to do with this place and definitely don't want to be responsible for not having bizarre ic powers

"Aye" He lifts the boar's head once more

I watch in reluctant fascination as he puts the monstrosity on The inanimate head coray and snout wrinkling as it breathed in and out

It's just so creepy

He starts towards the entrance

The leather strap snaps , quick stride E because I'e with the Shadow Knight, it's harder for me to pretend this is fiction

But it is! I scream at myself internally It's not like these people will show up in real life anyway and the newto be upset hat coes of the field where the earlier battle occurred Tait a short distance froht takes us in that direction

The teen boy froray dapple, that's only a few inches shorter than the huge black steed beside it The horse's eyes glow the saoes to the gray one and stops on the left side