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Chapter Twenty-Two Might and Magic Adelaide spent the next few days feeling as though something were wrong. And something was wrong, of course. Though she and Plum still slept in the same bed, still took meals and rest times together, even still shared intimacy, it felt as though something had fractured between the two of…
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Chapter Twenty-One Starlight, Firelight Adelaide fidgeted nervously with the hem of her dress, twisting it between her fingers. She felt more on edge than she had facing down her mother’s unbridled wrath. She sat in one of the chairs near the entry passage to the Fifth Law’s hideout. They were supposed to meet five minutes…
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Interlude Four Matters of the Heart Adelaide heaved a sigh deep enough that she saw spots at the edge of her vision. She had found a secluded place to sit on the shelves behind the training ground. She held a small ink pen, and on her lap was a small journal she’d found in storage.…
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In the few heartbeats that I leave the way open, a moth flutters inside. She settles gently above the mantle, her luminescent blue wings like stars that glitter brilliantly in the dim light, her antennae like gossamer strands of moonlight, her ciliae like the soft warmth of a featherlight blanket. I find myself drawn to…
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Interlude Three Interlude 4 Caliburn Prince-Magician Caliburn Citrine was having a bad day, the latest in a very long string of bad days. He’d been betrayed by his closest confidant, placed on house arrest by his father, and then only yesterday had been forced to flee his home under the cover of night. He now…
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Chapter Twenty Interlude 3 Plumeria Plumeria had no idea where she was. She’d needed some space, some fresh air. So she’d left the Fifth Law’s hideout through Glorious Garments and went for a walk. She’d been wandering aimlessly—glamoured, of course—around the city for a few hours now. She no longer needs you. The words had…
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Chapter Nineteen Out of the Dark Adelaide stood in the middle of the ringed table, looking outwards at the faces of the only people she could trust. She’d asked Theoderic to call the meeting, and, sure enough, he’d gathered most of the Law within the hour and brought them here to the meeting chamber. Most…
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Chapter Eighteen A Moment’s Rest Adelaide trudged forward on leaden feet. Once the rush of battle—and victory—had faded, exhaustion had quickly overtaken her body. She’d spent most of her own red mana and much of Plum’s, though by now she’d regained feeling in her extremities. There was no helping the fatigue and soreness that threatened…
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Chapter Seventeen From the Jaws Philodora’s words rang in Brandon’s ears as a stunned silence hung over the ballroom of the Golden Hold. She hung imperiously at the top of the stairs, her gaze focused towards Brandon, who stood with Plum conspicuously at the center of a ring of gawking nobles. There was a scrape…
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A/N: This chapter is another interlude, intended to go right after the first. It is the new ending of Part One. Interlude 1 Interlude 2 Laszlo Two Days Ago Laszlo Tolemas was the sort of man who rarely heard the word “no.” Plenty of variations of a refusal were thrown his way, of course. He…
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