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And she knew that when dawn caht

Annwyl dragged herself up to a sitting position, the fur cover slipping to her waist She ached all over And she did mean all over Wounds from the battle littered her body And herof her

Relanced down at her forearms and froze

"Brastias!"

In a few moments her head battle lord strode into her tent, his eyes averted from her naked brsts that she didn’t bother to cover "Is Morfyd still here?"

"Aye"

"Fetch her"

He didn’t ask questions, he just moved In a few minutes Morfyd came in, she saw the look on Annwyl’s face and i?"

"Your brother’s gone"

Morfyd nodded "Yes I saw hi"

"Why?"

"He said you needed to do this on your own You would be the one ruling these people It was up to you to earn their loyalty All he could do was bring their fear"

Of course, he spoke true The bastard

Annwyl pointed to the marks on her chest The pain she endured nificance and wasn’t ave ht answer about this"

"That is the Chain of Beathag It’s now a part of you, like your skin The o away And it has extended your life fivemaybe six hundred years Perhaps a bit more or less than that Hard to tell, really"

Annwyl stared at her friend "Oh" Well, thatpain

She cleared her throat and held out her arms "And these?"

Morfyd took Annwyl’s forearhus Claiht, I see" Clearly Morfyd slept soue of the cas

"Yes Nohat are these?"

Morfyd shrugged "He branded you"