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This century will be remembered as one that witnessed her greatest fury. Could any day go by without her seething in rage?

Mistress Sinai marched closer to the manor’s crumbling corridor, where Zaiper’s voice boomed like a roaring fire.

They were hiding–again–in one of the many abandoned manors scattered across the outer territories. And today, he was boiling.

“Fifty soldiers!” Zaiper roared. Glass shattered against the wall. “Fifty trained and capable soldiers!”

Sinai halted just outside the door, pressing herself flat to the wall, listening.

“I’ve invested centuries of gold, sweat, and planning into building you and your men, preparing you for war while the rest of the realm slept.” Another crash, another shattered object. “I trained you all in silence while the world turned a blind eye. My soldiers. My effort. And what did that leave me with? A heap of corpses! All for one mission–one mission–to kill a human female!”

The fury in his voice climbed higher. Another explosion of sound followed… something heavier this time, splintering wood perhaps.

“HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE!?”

Sinai pressed her lips together tightly. He was unraveling. Completely unhinged.

“We nearly succeeded in capturing the girl,” Kady, the soldier who seemed to be replacing Razarr, said. “But the Grand King arrived. And not just him–the third ruler as well. I saw it happen from a distance. Our men never stood a chance.”

“Fifty trained warriors,” Zaiper spat. “Armed with lethal vials capable of downing our kind. And not one of them could take out two males?” His voice dipped into a quiet, menacing snarl. “And what about you, Kady? Hiding on a hill, watching your comrades die, then scuttling back here with nothing but your useless life. No corpse. No capture. No intelligence. Nothing.”

“But my lord-”

A loud slap and the sound of a body hitting the floor.

Sinai flinched. He’s really lost it. What in all the hells was I thinking, coming to him for protection? This male is deranged!

“I have no army!” Zaiper paced hard across the creaking floorboards. “A king without a throne! Without soldiers! Useless!” He exhaled harshly. “At the very least, tell me she was damaged. That something happened to the abomination growing inside her.”

“One of ours roughed her up before the Grand King arrived,” Kady’s voice came,

low.

“Now, that’s the kind of news I-”

“But… the Grand King arrived before any lasting harm could be done.”

Something heavy was slammed onto the floor.

corpses. Razarr would have succeeded. He wouldn’t have failed me.” Another beat. “Tell me,

Your Majesty,” came

narrowed her eyes at the door. Zaiper was beyond unstable. She couldn’t decide

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the male I cast my lot with? What

“If I may

effort to find calm.

how empty it is up

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say we prepare for the eclipse night,” Kady said. “The quarter moon is too frequent; it’ll be here any night now. We do everything like we did five centuries ago–use the dark mage to glimpse the night of the eclipse, strike fast, steal the Chalice so they can’t defend themselves, and then we kill everything we want. Everyone they hold dear. This time, the

for a

with the dark mage. In the past, it was easier to get favors because he owed me his life. We had a blood pact–specific terms and limited favors, all measured carefully against the cost of his magic. That balance is now paid in full.” A hard exhale. “Are you aware

“Blood?”

affirmed. “The blood of a noble,

Kady was quiet.

the past, when the kingdom was still oblivious to our movements, it would have been easier to snatch someone of noble birth,” Zaiper continued. “But now? Everywhere is fortified. Every border locked down. We only made it to Ravenshadow last time because of help from our spy–help that’s burned now. They’ll have doubled their defenses. Tell me, Kady, where

shook her head, straightening. Without his title, his army, or his gold, he’s nothing.

the moment she sensed it. Not too late for that.

taking a

about the Mistress?”

foot came to an

continued. “She’s of noble birth. And frankly… she

tomorrow?”

“Sinai and I go way back. She knows better than to cross me. She knows what I’m capable

have changed. You’re not who you once were… and no one really

her ears. That

much,” Kady went on. “This isn’t personal. It’s a matter of means. If we’re to succeed in this fight, we have to use every tool we’ve got. We need that information. And we should be willing to pay whatever it takes.”

waited for Zaiper to laugh, to

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voice lingered. Thoughtful.

considering it.

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door that had become the only barrier between her and

trembled at her

man he was, but even devils should have rules. Even devils should have a line they don’t

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