THE MOONBINDER'S CURSE

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ted through the crumbling archway. The silver moon hung high above, its light guiding her path through

still feel him-the weight of his gaze linger

olfsbane

had told her he was weak. That their magic had drained him, that his bonds were unbreakable.

have died i

he had le

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ods stretched endlessly in every direction, but she knew the way. The Sa

me

fe

st, it had

ve been. Kieran had disarmed her with terrifying ease, like he had know

ion gnawe

in her chest. The forest whispered around her, wind weaving through the skeletal branches. The

hing

a stop, her ins

qu

cturnal sounds-rustling leaves, chittering insects, the distan

ed in the periph

ano

ver-bladed dagger nestled in its sheath. S

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erged from

lf. A Mo

Valis, her second-in-command. His dark brows furrowed as he took in her stan

so tightly in her chest that

darkened. "Yo

ach twis

the moment pressed betw

change, but his jaw tigh

words like glass in

s own dagger f

aid, voice hoarse. "He wasn't wea

le. "That's

with my

oment. When he did, his voice w

a no

efully craft

as already broken. That the only thing standing between them

d never b

t the Orde

had sent

em," she said, stra

t through

. Not the distant

ing. A

bbing her wrist and pulling her

didn't

y r

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m of the M

eer cliffs that towered over the valley. Moonlight illuminated the

thless, the weight of what had h

hem, its vaulted ceilings arching like ribs over the polished obsidian floors.

llars-Moonbinders, their sil

ber, seated upon the Counc

pped to them imme

poken in that voice sent

every step mea

pt over her, asses

erself to say

e elder's expression-gone to

moment she entered the monastery to the se

nished, the room w

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d unreadable. "That does

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, so

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at the Order ha

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gaze, his ex

h knew e

bane had was

at their gates, and this time,