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Her answering smile made my stomach drop "Oh, but I do And I won’t be the only one You," she said, reaching forme in the direction of the party "You will answer to the summit"

I can handle this I can take care of her, Sabara uttered,my heart sick Let me take care of you, Charlaina

I closed

And that was all it took

I felt my hand lift I tried to put it down; I wasn’t even sure what I was doing--what she was doing--but it re into a fist

The electricity that shot throughand exhilarating and huh a pinhole asinside my head, as I screamed at Sabara to Stop! Stop! Please, stop!

But she didn’t, and I saw--not felt--Queen Langdon’s fingers uncurl from my wrist as her entire body seized As her eyes widened with shock

As her windpipe was crushed from the inside

And she had no way to stop it At that moment, she was as helpless in the face of Sabara’s whi to undo as being done to her She flailed, and would have gasped, if only she could have

But to gasp there had to be air

And then I watched helplessly as she fell, her lips turning blueand then white And she stopped thrashing Stopped ainst her invisible hold on

Niko found don’s body

"Charlai--Your Majesty," he corrected hih the matter of my name see the queen, feeling for a heartbeat, putting his cheek above her mouth to find her breath

But I could have told hi reaching his eyes, and he let her liain, this tiently as he spoke to Sabara

I shookmy vision "IsheIt happened so fast" I wiped hts