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Annwyl looked up just as the queen let loose a ball of flame that threw her fros waited outside the queen’s chaest brother, anxiously ju? When? When?"

Briec calmly looked at hi to shave your headagain"

Éibhear sunk into aShe risked Fearghus’s wrath by bringing Annwyl here and taking her to the queen There was every chance the girl would not survive But she had to risk it and Annwyl agreed In her more than two hundred years alive, she never knew a braver huons And Morfyd had warned her Warned her that the queen had no syhed Not dis

off Bercelak a lack of sympathy just didn’t sound that scary to her So she walked in alone to face the one being who could protect her or turn her to ash where she stood

Morfyd still had no idea which the queen would choose She gave up long ago trying to guess her moods and whihus kept the girl alive

The siblings stopped talking They all heard it The uns They all turned to each other, just as a ball of flaainst the floor

"Oh, gods! Annwyl!" Morfyd and Gwenvael rushed over as Annwyl rolled herself on the floor to put the flame out But by the time they reached her the flame disappeared

No That wasn’t right It didn’t disappear It went in to her Her skin soaked up the flame Annwyl, however, still screaone

Morfyd caught hold of her "Annwyl! Annwyl! It’s all right!"

After a few moments, Annwyl stopped She rolled into a ball and breathed in gulps of air, her entire body shaking They all waited Silently Expecting her to snap out of it But the queen’s voice called from inside her chamber, "It’s not over yet, ain Not in fear and panic But in pure, unbridled pain "Get it off me! Get it off me!" She ripped off her surcoat and her chain at the flesh on her throat and neck "Get it off irl with a spell that knocked her out instantly Annwyl fell back and Morfyd looked closely at her

"What are those s?" Gwenvael asked, next to her

"I don’t know" Morfyd ran her hand along the flesh and felt soirl’s flesh So that she knew hadn’t been there a few hours before Within seconds the asped "The Chain of Beathag!"

Gwenvael stared in awe "She gave her that?"

Briec snorted in disgust "The only reason she gave that to this huhus"

"Well, she never liked you," Gwenvaelbrsts," Éibhear noted casually

"Would you control yourself," Morfyd snapped at her oversized baby brother She lifted the girl up "Help et her out of here quickly and don’t let the others see" The dragon court would find out about the queen’s gift soon enough