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Two gao, the Emperor had captured me and tortured me forme weakened until he’d finally taken my head
Had Sol been about to deliver en had dunked h I lasted longer than most, I could drown to death Before he finished en had been afraid of water Maybe he’d retained soainst Joules and Gabriel (allies even then), the Lord of Lightning had blasted my oaks to splinters, then speared me in the heart with one of his javelins While I’d been stunned, Gabriel had taken to the air, dropping burning oil onwhen Fauna’s lions had dragged me from the flames
Joules and Gabriel hadn’t yet known that I--and enerate In the end, my oaks andhad been skewed in translation--let’s hope--I was pretty sure I’d desecrated their corpses
And I s over my hearth
I was like theforwas the only way to be sure
Regeneration was a handy ability to have, but others’ poere just as enviable
The Fury possessed batlike wings that changed color like a cha along, unaware that she stalked him--until a shower of acid rained down
The E it like a wave
When the teleporting Centurion becaainst hied to kill hiress Just as his reserves hit e his body down to the bones
Fauna had the ability to revive all animals, and not merely her connected familiars In the same way that my blood seeded plants, her blood could reani a bird back froment of horn
Did Lark know about her ani to tell them?
The book, with its constant tales of treachery, wasI understood why he avoided me, but I didn’t want this rift between us to widen--forhad descended over the castle of lost ti down the pipeline So health But what??
If eren’t a united front
The Fool had told s I no longer thought they’d be positive things
Biting my lip, I returnedMoon" Soe in a trance, re a certain battle or day Now I recalled Circe and reen killers," as she’d called the about so the tree inches from Circe’s head
She and I leapt up and whirled around
Atop a distant hill stood a girl with silvery hair, a bow, and a quiver Her tableau revealed her to be the Moon She called out, "I could have killed the Priestess" Indeed Somehow the Moon’s arrow had perfectly threaded my vines "I did not, because I want to be a part of your alliance"