A vow in Ashes
so sharp I could carve my
in the corner. A chandelier big enough to crush me if it falls.
dan
s me like a pendulum. My wrist feels h
ri
ize of my sins. It sits o
ribs as I hear a voice-l
re aw
me with an expression I can't read. He's tall, built like a war cri
re dark, f
, but something in my
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, almost like a
n't rem
about the way he says it, lik
s slide into the pockets of his suit, too calm,
Vale
rs into my bone
eard that name before. In whispers. In
the. "This is a mistak
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s quiet, dangerous. "Y
wraps arou
on't remember, or the fact that somehow, de