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"There she is" Magh pointed to the uards traced in front of Magh "She’s buried there, with hundreds of others Has been for centuries"

Shock engulfed hi his protection, but your position was precarious" Magh’s voice sounded distant "Your ged me to spare your life I vowed that I would, but only if she agreed to quietly abandon you for a life as a pleasure slave in a faraway brothel Anything to save you! Alas, the poor dear hadn’t been frozen into her ihed "Ah, the sacrifices wein that hellish place After a bit of rough bedsport, she wasbroken" Magh examined the end of one of her flaxen braids "Her life was short, her death brutal, and now her bones are naught but dust"

Buried

Brutal

Dust

His lungs constricted His legs buckled As he knelt in front of the uards collared hie of your life," she said in a mirthful tone "I have a new occupation for you, cur"

"Gods give me the power," he bit out The collar prevented hi "I will destroy you and all your spawn"

"Oh, I think your next employment will keep you far too busy for that"

TWENTY-FOUR

Josephine’s breaths were light against Rune’s chest He sifted his fingers through her hair, trying out this "afterplay" He’d never stuck around after he’d used a feation

As he stroked her silken locks, he s to mind recollections from his boyhood He reh len filled with berries Their taste had been even sweeter than their irresistible scent

With sugar on his lips and breezes rustling the leaves, he’d lain a fens

The taste of Josephine had been sweeter than anything he could’ve iainst her, he was surprisingly relaxed She hadn’t won per se; he’d been defeated by his own loss of control But how could he blae

When her fangs had entered his flesh so slowly and her tongue had flicked in readiness, he’d nigh lost his mind Even now he shuddered