15/03/2026 10:05

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I turned enough so that I could see Nathaniel, who had gone to lean against the wall. It wasn't just that you saved them and I didn't, it was when I heard all that happened, I realized that even if I'd been there with you, they would have died. Richard's beast had left through a kiss. The stars in my eyes drowned in a rush of flame, black flame with a center of brown, as if wood were the flame, and fire what it ate.

Then he made it a game. Blake, what was done to them was monstrous. As my lady commands, so shall it be done. He stopped me with a raised hand.