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he realized his father was dead There was a tiny part of him that

reveled in the oldnow He was in his

rightful place No one would tell hiain

If they did, he would take care of it He would be king not by right of

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ascension, but because he could kill anyone who questioned his place

Torin had given hiift

Meg felt his disgust at the thought He was torn by his own nature

His father had abused and humiliated him, but Beck had loved him

anyway

The sword Beck held as he surveyed the decimation of Torin’s

guard was the sword of the rightful King of the Seelie He had used it

to kill a hundred of Torin’s advance guard He’d sliced through them