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ting wave of sulfur and copper th
braced himself for the crushing weight of concrete, expecting the aft
e was no
p, dark stone walls surrounded him. Rusted iron instru
tion dragged agai
ather whip. Dark gold blood dripped from the metal barbs woven
reath echoed in
ad up. His stomach d
ts and ankles. His silver hair was matted with dark sweat. Deep, raw gashes crisscrossed his pale
orced his
were dead. Hollow. Filled with a violent, suffo
se eyes. He had spent three years des
ered protagonist of his own web no
heavy, violet robe embroidered with dark silve
a physical blow. He wasn't just in his book. He was Benedict G
ri, fully awakened, skinning Benedict alive. Kamari ripping Benedict's
n's sternum. His knees buckled. He
moved to
the flickering torchlight. He held a heavy iron basin. A glowing
t council president. Benedi
ly sweet eagerness. "Your arm must be tired. Why don't you let
ruined chest spasmed. But his golden eyes didn't bli
s throa
iled, a cruel twisting of his lips, and took
become permanent. The torture would be u
l instinct overrode the p
ged fo
ollar. He planted his boots on the slippery stone an
ard, his feet slipping out from under h
een acid spilled across the stones. It hissed viole
trapped bird. He dug his fingernails into his
ission to touch hi
ff the stone walls,
ward on the floor, hi
ead look in his golden eyes shattered, repla
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