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His eyes swept over the city Tens of thousands of people waited for him to awaken them from their slumbers and revive their world They, too, would perish before the sun set, along with every other person in the realm

And Naia

The pain was back

He pushed away from theand pulled on his breeches and boots, unable to think clearly whenever his mind went to her He wanted to crawl into bed beside her and make love to her up until the very last moment of their existence He had swept theht, and it was not enough

Accustoht hard, pulling on his tunic Never before was he willing to listen to Naia's insistence there was more than one way to resolve the conflict between Black Moon Draw and Brown Sun Lake Mayhap it was pride, arrogance, or desperation, but he wished now he had tried a different approach at least once The reasoning that it never worked for his predecessors suddenly seemed foolish, especially when he considered that neither had battle

Strapping on his weapons, he snatched up the boar's head worn by every Shadow Knight for a thousand years and hesitated, gaze going to the wolowed, even in sleep Naia was curled up on her side, clutching a pillow, her dark hair spilling over the pillow

He did not deserve to touch her, not last night, not now A victor deserved a queen

A coward deserved death

If he was not able to find another way to do the impossible and save the wo the boar's head over his own, he turned away and strode to the door, deter the changing maze of the castle