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Just like that, the food turned to sawdust in his mouth Beck took a

long drink and forced hi He would need the

energy for the battle to come He needed to maintain control

“There is nothing of contentment in my life There hasn’t been for

the past thirteen years” Beck’s o back to the terrible

night when he lost both his parents and his sister He had only been

able to save his twin, Cian He chose, as he had since that day when

he was seventeen, to look to the future “It is not that I don’t dream of

taking back what rightfully belongs to me, Rhys It is simply a matter

of practicality My loyalists are gone”

Rhys shook his bearded head vigorously “That is untrue, Your

Highness There are many here, and many more on the home plane

Tir na nÒg is full of Fae longing for Your Highness”

Beck sighed because he would have to put this to the gnome in