Death Contract

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his flesh by the Death Contract itself. The pain had faded, but the m

irst

the man, but th

ready pulling

g his feet to move. His body no longer belonged solely to him-it hungered, drawn

e fou

steering his movements. As he walked through the mist-cloaked valley just beyond the underw

er of a ruined temple, bathed

was not

e was

d of th

fabric, the sacred metals lining his cuffs. Darius Vale was one of the chosen voices of the go

warrior. He

hing far mor

eli

oke for the gods that

s sides, his new senses shar

ched by the divine. His long, silver-threaded hair fell over his shoulders in carefull

ot look

us knew

pulsing with something other

ssi

fused with divine gifts. He moved like a man who kne

not a w

was pro

o break through that p

ws, the weight of the contra

im coiled tighter,

l h

ould feel the contract waiting, the po

didn'

t

a Herald. He wou

exactly what he was up

e wa

wat

e temple in deep crimson light, Caius Valerian-t