SECRET OF THE ASHES AND CROWN
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was starti
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addicted t
late
e bench where treaties were once signed, and kings once whispered allia
pered to no one. "
r, someth
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have sta
his own logic. But Kael wasn't built for logic anymore. Not when the echo of h
ard wall with a satchel of
from the cliff path. H
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led between the
the impossibl
aid softly, seeing the s
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the ros
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head. "What do y
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s, trembling seco
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ws like wolves-six men in
ough time to pul
cried. "He'
y didn'
he bark cracked. Another struck him in the gut
even as they dragg
because they knew who she was. She struggled
as sha
s surr
Queen wa
ONE ROO
Kael in lik
bruised, e
n the dais, still in her orchar
raise her voice. S
es never leaving her daughter. "You risked
chin. "This is
w. "And yet it is her
punished, I will speak to the co
the Queen snapped. "You are a
l me," El
s immediate an
inked.
ove is treason, then cut my throat now. I'd
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didn't k
crueler
burned into his forearm. If he returned to
Dawn. Alone. Stripped of her titl
torn apart
goo
ast
And the sound of som
ira scratched Kael's name into t
l stared at the fire burning his skin, an
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somethi