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Lightning speared down Cement exploded; the river boiled Grit blasted Jo’s eyes, and steaer and leaned down to ether they attain synchronicity On a battlefield, if interconnected, they in But if we can’t defeat them, we can appease them"

"D-don’t understand"

The Valkyrie whispered, "If you want to see Thaddeus alive, you’ll learn about Orion"

"Don’t even knowwho that is"

"And yet he’ll impact your life in so many ways" SNAP

Jo’s left femur "AHHHHHH! S-stop! Why?"

"Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind"

"You’recrazy!"

"There, there" Blank-eyed, N&iu Jo’s cheeks "Shhh I want us to be friends"

Jo couldn’t fight back with broken li

N&iuer over her own lips With her other hand, the Valkyrie grasped Jo’s neck and squeezed

Black spots swarmed her vision as she stared into this monster’s eyes Consciousness faded

Delirious About to die

Who would save Thad from the Valkyrie?

TWENTY-SEVEN

Can’t reach her No arrows left

When all attee failed, Rune had attacked the bolts bodily, snatching at lines of the his corneas He closed his eyes, willing theht, burn, and hear

The crack of Josephine’s bones Her strangled breaths

He roared with fury, striking out at the lightning with even in to clock his future, lessening his chances of a successful assassination

Rune didn’t give a fuck To reach Josephine, he grappled to breach the cage--

The lightning began to dissipate