Blood & Howls: The Forbidden Heir

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eached for each other-steady now, strong. They were changing, and not just in bod

night," Lyra whispe

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looks. This was

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breath caught as she r

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one ceiling. They didn't flinch. They'd alread

"They want us to fight each other.

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e the catacombs, a deep gr

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, glowing faintly.

ended slightly. "

not a shadow-a person. Tall. Cloaked.

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ed something between them: an old amulet, b

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blood moon rises soon, and when it does, yo

ure vanished

he amulet but recoi

t up. It glow

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ey're telling us we'

Thorne Vortigan stood at a rain-cov

vial of bl

m," he muttered. "

egin preparation. If the bond is forming, we need to interce

nd when he does, I'll make

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rbidden

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ure born o

in hand through the narrow tunnel, their path lit

do next?"

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he truth. And we make the cho

faintly. "

way

watchers perched in the rafters. The city of Noctis Vale had

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