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Her heart still ached froht he wouldn’t es of hiht wasn’t one she would ever forget, and it rim look at the consequences of her plan To e to hie that proud heart

A heavy scowl on his face "You’ve lied toshe was only digging the hole deeper

"I can read your guilt Tellthere was no way to dress up the cold finality of the act she’d been conte, she just spit it out "I kno to kill e turned the winter-green ry at me?" He’d obviously realized exactly whose death would’ve been involved

"I didn’t know you when I ca off her

"I’ her teeth, she pushed at his chest "I accepted your apology"

"I didn’t plan to die and forget to tell you"

Guilt stabbed but she folded her ar everything exactly as he wanted "You also didn’t warn , had ended their best hope of defeating her father - because there was no way Micah would allow her to go through with it

Snarling, he kissed her "If you even think about using that spell, I’ll chain you up to a tree while I go ainst his chest, she bit at his jaw "You dare do that and I’ll use blood sorcery to send you to another kingdoht-horse with a growl "I’ll punish you later"

"Vengeful man"

"Remember that"

With that, they were on the road to Elden once iant bridge troll with a stoneit would’ve crushed both ht it down But in this case, no violence was needed

The troll, a creature who had soift of pink sapphires and rough-cut topaz Micah scowled at losing so lared at him and so he didn’t say a word - not until they were past the gloating creature, as currently holding his jewels up to the sun Then he ems to a troll ould only hide theue with hih to talk to her, but never got the chance to speak a word - because that hen the arrows began flying

A sharp pain

Crying out, she fell over the neck of her horse, an arrow embedded in her left arm Desperate for her blood not to touch the earth - her fatherenchantments to the air as that took much power, but he would most certainly have tied them to the land - she clamped her hand over the wound and tried to keep her seat as her night-horse followed Micah’s to a s her from the saddle the instant they were stationary, Micah sat her down "We auntleted arainst her mouth as he removed the arroith his other hand Tears rolled down her face, but she forced herself not to use her sorcery to stitch up the wound Any trap her father had laid would spring at the confluence of her blood anda wadded piece of cloth over the wound and telling her to hold it there, Micah wrapped the arrow in another cloth and thrust it into a saddlebag to ensure none of her blood touched the earth

"Brave girl," heher face "I am sure I would’ve roared with displeasure and threatened to throw you in the dungeon"

His words h the pain "I’ his wrist when he went as if to call on the power he carried within, she said, "You already used it with the snakes You ed at the bottom of her tunic "Rip off a piece of this and tie it over the co much now"

A scowl "Lily - "

"You must listen to me on this" Arrows thudded into the rise behind theth - and we’ll need everything we have if we aren’t to use the death spell"