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Recognition overwhelmed Rune "I sit at that table as the Møriør’s archer" He had become worthy of the name; he’d just never realized it

"Your arrows are far-reaching Your arrows are silent Archers fight from the front line and from the shadows, do they not?"

Assassin and front line Those are ths Those are ht should fall to him, the former whore

Orion nodded as if Rune had spoken "The archer’s undoing was how he saw hi saeaknesses

Rune had di his own skewed values

He was about to ask if he was the primordial, then he realized it didn’t ht: He steers us as Nïx steers her army If Rune had been concerned about the Valkyrie’s savvy, he was no longer Orion couldn’t be stopped--

Rune jerked awake Had Josephinein the sheets, her brow furrowed, her outline flickering

Nightmare? He’d burdened her with so row intangible Then to rise Sleep-ghosting--she’d warned him about this!

"Wake, Josie!" He dove for her hand To tether her She grasped his in sleep

He began to disembody with her "Whoa, you need to wake up, love!" His voice sounded faint and ghostly

His heart thundered when they began to levitate "You have to rouse yourself!"

Her eyes were squeezed closed, her body li Past the roof Into the night

"Josephine!" he bellowed They were drifting through the rain into the stor to wake!

Then so be it "Josephine, understand ether" He pulled her close and kissed her

SEVENTY-THREE

Jo blinked open her eyes Rune was kissing her? When she stiffened against him, he drew his head back

"Dream?" she asked

His broere drawn, eyes wild "Not quite"

She frowned She wasn’t in bed? No, he was outside with her The air felt really thin And cold She peered up The stars burned bright

Too bright

She aze--read their situation frohosted?"

"Yes, love" He sed "Up"