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This is a bad plan The Shadow Knight shifted his weight and observed as the battle-witch swung farther this time than last He eyeballed the distance between the his calculations to be incorrect

If they were able to generate the hly doubted, they'd s howto his concern was the groan of a link above, one that had begun to pull apart with the strain of the swinging weight of the hon the chain was starting to give He shifted to his knees and began hauling up the witch

His plan, aside froray ic eed He'd felt it when she fell off the fortress of the Red Knight She had used it against him in an attempt to save his life, which was an improvement over the trap where she had not channeled it any direction at all and her bizarre use of power against Green Dawn Cave

There was a theic: when either she or he was in danger He was relying on provoking that instinct to get them out of this mess once er, and they would be back on land

As he steadily drew her up, hand over hand, his ht's hold He had witnessed many men - and quite a few battle-witches - die in battle None of those deaths hit him the way hers did Beautiful, witty yet an absolute coward in battle, she was not the kind of woman he ever would have considered for his arether

Her act of self-sacrificewith the spike of fear that pierced hi her pluly: her death had the same impact on him as that of the loyal master-at-arms who had died in his ar friend compete with one of a battle-witch he had only just e to protect her - nay, to possess every inch of her - returned, more powerful than before The woreatest queen of Black Moon Drahose touch stopped his racing thoughts and whose body te to battle so he could spend tiue, lips over every inch