BLACKBRIAR,

MAGNUS

Calista Thorne
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Blackbriar
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bailey, ,
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banners .
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. Hoofbeats. .
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, Rand
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Calista ,
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Blackbriar .

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Calista . .

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All- yanked .

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pawing . ,

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Calista ,

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mail ,

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Blackbriar.

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. yanked

kindling.

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 Blackbriar
dankness, ,
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Belwin Thorne
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Magnus Rathbone
Blackbriar
. , Griffin,

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Thorne's.
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Thorne
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gambeson. , ,

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Avestari, tribal -masters

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Thorne.

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carousing.
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Kestrel .

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fanned ,
Thorne's
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 Blackbriar.
Thorne, ,
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stare Thorne.
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; .

, , Thorne thickly,
tingeing .

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Blackbriar
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; Thorne,
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sconces
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lop

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roomful

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Thorne
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Thorne's
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Thorne
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buzz .
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barbs

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gasped, .
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Calista
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jibes
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. Blackbriar
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pinioned
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Calista.
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baser prodded
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stringy . .

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servitors,
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fouler
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kestrel. , .

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, Calista.


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confidences
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Calista
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Blackbriar
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dragonwort, blackbriar
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Amara Thorne

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. Blackbriar

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Amara
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Calista
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Calista
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blaze

Blackbriar,
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reclined ,
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smallclothes.
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Calista ,
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Calista.
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giggled. needin'
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Calista
free
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Calista ,
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. Blackbriar,

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Calista ,

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Blackbriar
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raptor
. Kerrick,
, Calista
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; Calista
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Blackbriar .

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helms.
tittered ,
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Calista
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brambles
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fletchers ,


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haws
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scream,
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sickbed
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haws

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downturned .
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Calista .

Blackbriar, spooned sip sip
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linens

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Kingsbane.

Calista
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Kingsbane
.


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blackbriar
,
haws,
. scent
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,

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blackbriar.


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Calista ,

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darted
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Thornes.
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unclenching. ,

winced.

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twitched,
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bowstrings

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windowsill
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flop .

glowered .
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needin' anythin', ;

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. . Calista ,

sennight,
,

merry .
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jiggling.
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brooding ,
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potions
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Blackbriar.

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Ironfist
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Magnus


Highspring Moor. Calista
,

blackbriar
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whitened.


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lunge
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red-hot .

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.

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.

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dudgeon,
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Josse
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.

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.

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.

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nom de guerre. .
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bailey.
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bailey.
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, .

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Blackbriar. Tancrid
,


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.

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.

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.

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, .

.

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,
.
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.
.


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stop .

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.

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, .
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protectiveness.
.

flamed .
,
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.
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. .

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.
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.

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,

Tancrid.
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.
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.
;

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Tancrid

.

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. ,
,
.
,
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.
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Blackbriar

, niche
,
alit,


.

, .

Calista

. ,

Highspring Moor, ,

samite.
-
-

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-
belling
,
.

.

.
.

,

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, .

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.

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,
.
.

. .


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trailing
Calista tugged.
.
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.
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. .

.

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.
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,
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.

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.

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.
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,
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.

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hilt
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,

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.
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.
.
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,
,
.
,
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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

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, .
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,
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;

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,

.

,
.

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.
,
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.

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.

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.

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.

.
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, .

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;
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,

.

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,
.

.

, .
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,

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Josse, Jaffe
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.
,
,
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,
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.

.
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.
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.
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.

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.
.

,
.
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.
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. .

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.

.

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.
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,
.
, .
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trudging
, , ,
.

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.
,
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.

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.
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.

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.

,

.
.
,
.

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,

, .

.
.
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. .
drunkard . Calista.
Sweetling,
.
,
.
abovestairs.

18

Calista.
soothed, ,

. Josse.
Josse, .

. ,
.

,
.
.

,
queer


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.

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bit.

.
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.

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.
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. , ;

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.
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,
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. ,
,
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.

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, .

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.
.
,
.
. .

rasped , Calista
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,
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.

,
.
.
,


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.
.

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.
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.

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.

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.
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.

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.

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.

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,
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,

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25

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.

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.

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.

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.

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justiciar
.

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.

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.

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, .

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;
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.

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,

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. .

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Wolf .
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.

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.

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huddled ,

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bedraggled.

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.


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.

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.

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linens
.

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,
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26
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.

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;

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.

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.

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,
Calista
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.

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,
.

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,

.

.
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,

.

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.

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off .
,
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;
.


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;
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,
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,
,
,
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.

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.

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,
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. .
.

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Wolf,
.
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.
.

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.

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Calista.
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, . ,

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,
,
.
.

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. .
, .
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.

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,
.

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.
.
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.

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, .

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. .

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.
.
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.
Calista .
.

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.
.

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, .
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.

,
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.

.
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Wolf, .


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.


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,
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.
.

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.

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.

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.

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. Calista
steeled

.
, .
, ;

. ;

.

.

, .
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;

,
. .
.

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, rumbled
.

.
.
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. ,
.

.
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. .
.
.

.
.
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.

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.

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.
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Wolf .
.

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.

.

. ;

, .

.
,

.

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.

.

.
. .

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.
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.
;

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.
;
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,
.

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.

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.
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,
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;

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;

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.
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,
.
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.
.

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. .

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.

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27

,
Blackbriar .

,
, .
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. ,

.

; .

. ,
;

.
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.
,
. ,
.
. .
.

.
.
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.

, ,
. ,
,
.
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,
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postern; ,
.

.
, ,
.
Hawk.

.

.

, . , ,

. trebuchets
.

.
Griffin ,
,
Hammerfell
.
.
. ,
Hawk bowshot ,
.

. .
.

,
. At
Avestari .
Griffin
,
.

Calista.

,
birdcall .
,
.
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.

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.
.

.
...
;

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.

.

, .
, .
;

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.

,
,
;

. Hammerfell
.

.
.
,
. ,
justiciar.

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,
.
,
,
.

crossbow ,
.

.
.

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. .
,
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.
,
.
.
,
.

, ,
.
,
,
.
, ,
.

,
. .
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,
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,
Kingsbane,

. ,
Blackbriar. Griffin
,
.

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,
.
.

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.
, ,
, .

.
.
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. eyed .

,
,

.

.

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.

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.

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.
.

. ,

.

; .
.

.
; ,
cranked
.
.
, .
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.
sickbed.

.
.

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. .
.
, ,
.

, .
, Calista ,
,

.


.
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. ,
,

.

.

,
.
. .

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,
dangled . ,
.
,

.
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, Griffin.

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. .

; .

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.

, ,
. postern.

,
,

.

.
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. ,
.

bailey
.
, .
.

, stash
,
,
. ,
.
, .

.
,
, .
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.

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.
,

mail . ,
.

, .
,
,
.

. .

,

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,

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.

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.
soon .

.

.
.

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.
.
.
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. ,
.

postern, Wolf
.
.

. .

crossbow .
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footfalls
. ;

.

bailey.

. ,
,

.

, ,
.

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,
.
.
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.
,

.

.
.

,

.
. .
.
. .

. .
. pelted
.

,
.
, Belwin Thorne
Hammerfell .
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.

justiciar Thorne,
,
.
.
Thorne,

. hairbreadth ,
Thorne's parry .


.

, strode
. . .

Hammerfell ,
Thorne
.
.
.
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. , ;
,

.

.
; .
. Hammerfell
.
;

,
.
, justiciar
.
.

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Hammerfell
 , speared
.

gritted
.
;

Hammerfell
,
.
. ,
. .
.
.

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Griffin unslung . ,
Calista .
,
.
,
cranked
.

.
gritted ,
.
.

. .
.

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,
, ...
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.
; .

,
,
. ,
, .

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.
.

. ,
.

;
.
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.

,, Calista.
.

,

. ,
Calista.
,
.

Calista
. ,
skullcap
,
stash .
;

, .

.
;

.
.
,
. ,
.

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. ;

Hammerfell, .
.
,

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.
servitors,

 .

;

,
.

, .
,
.

Calista,

.

. .
.
 .
;

postern ; Griffin
.
.

, ,
.
.

Calista .
,
.
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.
,
.
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Blackbriar
.

Calista ,


. jogged ,
strode bailey,
. ,
Griffin,
, ,
.

, ,
Griffin .
.
. ...
.

. .

. Blackbriar
 ,
craning
. Calista elbowed
. ,

,
.
, .

Calista .
Hammerfell ,
grim-
. , , Hammerfell


.
oozed

;

Hammerfell
. ,
,
 ,
.
.

,
.

, ,
, .


, . ,
, ...

Calista tugged .
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. Calista
. ;
.

Calista .
; .
.
 .
.

.
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as he knew his own name. He rose from his
seat and elbowed his way through his men to
meet her at the bottom of the staircase. Closer
to, he could see the tinge of purple beneath
her eyes, traces of their late night. Images of
everything theyd done to wring pleasure from
the other flitted through his mind, and his
groin grew heavy, ready for more.

But then he caught the glint of seriousness in

her eye. What is it?
For a moment, she seemed to look through
him before coming back to herself. Brother
Tancrid.

What of him? he asked, half dreading the

reply.

Again that faraway expression. Hes returned

from his journey.

How do you know this?

She raised a hand to cover the dark line of the

scar down her neck. I can hear him in my
mind. He wishes me to tell you hes found the
secret. We can make Blackbriar impregnable.
We can make weapons no one can break. Like
Griffins sword.

Adamant. A thrill of excitement bolted through

him like lightning. Can we depose the
Usurper? Tell me you saw that much.
No one can foresee the future. Even her
voice sounded watery, as if he were listening
to it from the bottom of a deep well. I can
only see some of the path, a little at a time.

What must we do? Everything else fell away.

He no longer even felt the weight of the splint
on his wrist. Tell me.

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