Whispers of the Veil

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rin's side, dark and thick,

hadn't

er ha

l of what they'd just done. Her dagger still trembled in her h

ed like a man,

ure I am o

aching. Something in her chest pulled toward him like a tide respond

recog

ing what the mi

now, faster. It wanted to bind. To merge. To

it too. "It

"We should

t have a

, the wi

l fell silen

ispers. No dis

of something older

r dagger tighter

den eyes sha

ind them, a sound echoed-b

. His robes were black and rotting, his skin stretched tight over a s

nder his breath

ike cracking ice. "The Veilbond stirs. T

d forward. "

one and smoke. "No one. The Veil

angry. Lazrin stepped beside her, the ai

y protection,"

l her," the Bone Calle

nged m

him sideways.

mirked.

r cracked. From the ground rose skeletal creatures clad in the

d to Aeris. "I'l

move. "I

ot strong

the air. It hovered bet

nd both their chests like silk turned to flame. It

ed. Lazrin

ow dull. But some

ricate-now burned acros

screamed. "You

, eyes glowing gold like Lazri

she c

to one another's rhythm. Her daggers found the gaps in bone. His blade da

exploded wit

hedral

the Bone Ca

cting Aeris's blade. "But the prophec

ough the Bone Caller's ches

sintegrated int

returned

on a broken column. Lazrin stood across

r still shimmered fa

e just do?"

e. "We gave the Ve

t the glowing sigil

. Body, ma

e. "And what if

either fall together... or destro

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