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Teren reported her immediately Several days later, the Inquisition caed her to the Inquisition Tower not far froh he couldn’t see what happened to her, he knehat these soldiers did in the dungeons when they wanted to extract information from someone

Daphne was supposed to burn at the stake But she didn’t live long enough to eons

Later, Teren was su queen, Giulietta Teren knelt before their thrones as the king praised his loyalty for identifying a traitor in theirthe public that Teren did not have aafter all That he was not a ods had chosen to keep hi

He was an abomination sent here to rid the world of abodom of Kenettra He wasall that was pure and good

This was his reason to live

This was his reason, and now the gods have given him a chance to prove it

I am the wind, calm and fierce and deep

I am the soul of life, the howl of storms, the breath of sleep

--Imodenna the Great, by Sir Elias Mandara

Adelina A his chains We trust hireed to acco to attack us in our sleep So he reuards at all times As we sail from Estenzia’s harbor, he is the only one who remains belowdecks, chained in his bunk I stand at the bow of the ship and try not to think about his presence under our feet Sailing beside us is Raffaele’s Taiano clis doith his usual ease Froio on the pier with a troop of Inquisitors at his back, watching us go