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In fact, Ryleigh was extremely fortunate to have two of their own slayers, who served as st a hundred or so other settleue derand sches

Jade’s coardless of the sanctions governing iest it wasn’t necessary to have a duo of slayers in such a ree sat in the shadow of the deion of allies

The kingdoe of a portion of the New Brunswick border Many of the vas made residence within and outside the castle walls Dark and foreboding as it rose above the pines, the castle lent a ion

King Damien was the most revered of warlords Given his raphical expanse—that being all of North and Central An over the three stewards he’d appointed, each acting as the king’s representative for their designated territory

As part of his regulations that kept the otherworldly i had also declared no s at a tie, the perih’s case—the slayers patrolled

That particular pactrestriction had clearly been violated by whatever tailed Jade

A shiver chased down her spine and it wasn’t froh the trees It was from the wraith

Agitating her further was that she couldn’t discern in which direction the danger cah she possessed above-average fighting skills, thanks to her father, she’d be no host—the very reason she didn’t call out the hunter

Quickening her steps, she reached the village proper, dilass-and-iron lanterns There was little activity on the cracked and brittle sidewalks or the pothole-invested streets, which had accumulated so much dirt over the years from lack of use, it was difficult to believe asphalt lay beneath the uneven soil

Jade made her way to the tavern at the end of the block She took onejust outside the lively establishn of what followed her Not a peep, save for the hint of noise that breached the tavern walls and the chi she was right on time for work at seven o’clock

She shoved open the door and crossed the scuffed hardwood floor

“Hey, Jade,” a few of the villagers greeted her

“’Evening, everyone,” she said as she passed by, peeling off her jacket and shaking the snowflakes froarment on a hook in the far corner

The tavern was as faintly lit as the streets Candles on the long wooden tables and sconces hanging on the stone walls provided the only illu of a twig or dried needles set against a flaarette

Electricity, as, was not a commod