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Ch. 141
Arc 5: Chapter 11: The Lance
Arc 5: Chapter 11: The LanceArc 5: Chapter 11: The LanceEmma took one look at the room, sniffed and said, “I think I preferred that shack by the docks.”I stepped past her, wincing as my recently stitc...
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Ch. 142
Arc 5: Chapter 12: The Headsman And The Lady Dance
Arc 5: Chapter 12: The Headsman And The Lady DanceArc 5: Chapter 12: The Headsman and The Lady DanceSome time later, I was getting ready to head out when Emma appeared at the door again.“Someone here ...
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Ch. 143
Arc 5: Chapter 13: Den Of Wolves
Arc 5: Chapter 13: Den Of WolvesArc 5: Chapter 13: Den of WolvesInns are special places. They are where strangers meet and leave as friends, where quests start, where warmth and safety can be found re...
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Ch. 144
Arc 5: Chapter 14: Broker Of Secrets
Arc 5: Chapter 14: Broker Of SecretsArc 5: Chapter 14: Broker of SecretsI stepped from the innocuous hallway into a very different scene.The first thing that struck me was the silence. As the door cli...
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Ch. 145
Arc 5: Chapter 15: The Brazen Woods
Arc 5: Chapter 15: The Brazen WoodsArc 5: Chapter 15: The Brazen WoodsOne we were back out in the hall, Catrin reached out to grab my arm. Her fingers curled around my left elbow, an almost unconsciou...
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Ch. 146
Arc 5: Chapter 16: Fang And Phalanx
Arc 5: Chapter 16: Fang And PhalanxArc 5: Chapter 16: Fang and PhalanxWe stepped into the hall of Count Laertes. The foyer was spacious and lavish, with white statues set on plinths around the mouths ...
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Ch. 147
Arc 5: Chapter 17: Laertes
Arc 5: Chapter 17: LaertesArc 5: Chapter 17: Laertes“Emma, behind you!”My warning came too late. I’d known it would, and was already moving. But without my axe…Emma had managed to get one foot under h...
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Ch. 148
Arc 5: Chapter 18: Graveflower
Arc 5: Chapter 18: GraveflowerArc 5: Chapter 18: GraveflowerIt took some doing, but we got Emma up the stairs and into the inner halls of the mansion.Those halls were carpeted, lined in metal braziers...
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Ch. 149
Arc 5: Chapter 19: Fear, And Hunger
Arc 5: Chapter 19: Fear, And HungerArc 5: Chapter 19: Fear, and HungerAfter seeing to Emma and Hendry, I found another room in the same hall as theirs on the second floor. Fully furnished and clean, I...
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Ch. 150
Arc 5: Chapter 20: Wars Of Old, Wars Of Today
Arc 5: Chapter 20: Wars Of Old, Wars Of TodayArc 5: Chapter 20: Wars of Old, Wars of TodayMorning came to the Manse Laertes with a dull yellow glow at the windows. It did not provide the same sense of...
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Ch. 151
Arc 5: Chapter 21: The Path Forward
Arc 5: Chapter 21: The Path ForwardArc 5: Chapter 21: The Path ForwardHow does one properly respond to learning they are talking to a man who’d taught the greatest villain of the age everything he kno...
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Ch. 152
Arc 5: Chapter 22: Ire And Intrigue
Arc 5: Chapter 22: Ire And IntrigueArc 5: Chapter 22: Ire and IntrigueOur return to the city coincided with an onset of rain, and distant black clouds threatening worse. True summer was only a bare ha...
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Ch. 153
Arc 5: Chapter 23: Brittle Armor
Arc 5: Chapter 23: Brittle ArmorArc 5: Chapter 23: Brittle ArmorI dismissed Penric to see to his errand, and had the others retire for rest and recovery. Some beds had been moved into the tower while ...
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Ch. 154
Arc 5: Chapter 24: A Lesser Villain
Arc 5: Chapter 24: A Lesser VillainArc 5: Chapter 24: A Lesser Villain“You should have guards,” Rosanna told me some time later. She had mastered herself, once again donning her royal mask. “Kaia and ...
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Ch. 155
Arc 5: Chapter 25: A Violent Impulse
Arc 5: Chapter 25: A Violent ImpulseArc 5: Chapter 25: A Violent ImpulseThe dream began with the sound of fire, and the stink of burning flesh.I walked through a ruined city. Cracked towers rose in tw...
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Ch. 156
Arc 5: Chapter 26: They Who Hunt Demons
Arc 5: Chapter 26: They Who Hunt DemonsArc 5: Chapter 26: They Who Hunt DemonsThe Corpse Moon crested high over the Riven, its cold light catching in the mist coiling through Garihelm’s streets to set...
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Ch. 157
Arc 5: Chapter 27: Moth
Arc 5: Chapter 27: MothArc 5: Chapter 27: MothFor a moment, fear gripped me. Would we be swarmed by an endless legion of crawling, biting insects?But I soon realized the swarm emerging from undergroun...
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Ch. 158
Arc 5: Chapter 28: A True Knight
Arc 5: Chapter 28: A True KnightArc 5: Chapter 28: A True Knight“Catrin?”I stared into the grave pit. Like an idiot, I waited for a response, my hand outstretched as if I expected she might suddenly r...
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Ch. 159
Arc 5: Chapter 29: A Bitter Duty
Arc 5: Chapter 29: A Bitter DutyArc 5: Chapter 29: A Bitter DutyI walked aimlessly through the elfwood for some time. An hour, perhaps two, and all the while I was blessedly free of intrigue and duty....
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Ch. 160
Arc 5: Chapter 30: The Soft Matter Of Sin
Arc 5: Chapter 30: The Soft Matter Of SinArc 5: Chapter 30: The Soft Matter of SinFor a long moment, we just watched each other. I stood in the center of the tower room, Catrin by the moonlit window, ...
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