Bound Blooded

ed against the damp wall, stari

mer that lit her skin like moonlight. Now her f

he whispered, huggi

swer

rged throug

sil

in her chest was gone, repla

"Maybe I'm going mad"

at followed

ttle. She cleaned the warrior's quarters on her hands and knees. If she was too slo

ur place

y slept.

er spoke

pt o

n the sky. Liah was scrubbing the stone floor o

utomatically,

, kael said, steppin

, not darin

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aw cl

ght. One day. I'l

st for a second – she saw s

er of c

en ...cu

the glowin

nd this time

ver wolf watched her from the shadows. Its eyes were he

– glowing, floatin

ched to touch th

up with

scre

marks – like rope burns –

rning. He examined the marks in

atly to the guard beside h

spat at

u ever figure out who

ght, Li

use of t

use of l

of her was beginn

he was

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ark corners of the forest,

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moment s

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