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Chaos From The Moon On fire
"Breathe, Naomi. Just breathe. Remember your lessons. Just try... At least, it'll be said that you tried," Naomi muttered to herself as she walked to the middle of the training yard where Az stood with his back to her. Daegal held her hand before she could draw her daggers and turned her to face him. "I know, I know. It will be difficult to beat him. That's if I could even do it. You don't have to remind me," she said before Daegal could even utter a word. He chuckled and pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her lithe frame. "I was not going to say any of that, my love." He broke the hug and gripped her shoulders, staring deep into her eyes almost as if he were looking into her soul. Daegal lowered his voice to a whisper. "Azriel always does a move where he spins to bring his sword around to cut. Whenever he does that, his wrist opens up and his grip becomes a bit loose. If you pay attention, time the moment right, and apply enough pressure, you can knock his sword out of his
Chaos From The Moon Set in motion
"Nezetta? What in the world has she done now?" Naomi gasped as she snatched the paper from Daegal's grip and glanced through it, her eyes widening with each damning line she read.Slowly, she set the paper on the table and sat down amidst shuddering breaths.Azriel's gaze impatiently flickered from Daegal to Naomi. "Well, are you going to share this information with—"Before he could complete his question, the doors to the council chambers flew open and Chief Topher strolled in. Immediately, Naomi sat up straighter, putting on the strict, dignified pose of Nerina but carefully made sure to only look at him from the corners of her eyes so he wouldn't notice how much her eye color had changed."My deepest apologies, Emperor. I would have arrived sooner but there were matters in Drakova that I had to look into," Chief Topher said as he bowed before Daegal.Daegal nodded stiffly in response, his mind still reeling from the news he had just received.However, when Chief Topher made to occu
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Chaos From The Moon Treason
Naomi sighed and stood on her toes, then hugged him tightly while stroking his hair. "I'm so sorry about what happened, my love. I truly am and I understand your fears. Trust me, I do."Daegal broke their embrace and gave her a skeptical look. "But?" "But I'm not Daena and your father is dead. He isn't here to harm me.""Yet others can, Naomi!" Daegal gripped her shoulders. "You can be hurt in the most brutal ways simply because Chief Topher, Nezetta, or Babatunde Alen might want to get to me! Nezetta especially. She knows who you truly are and how much you mean to me!" "Daegal, just listen to me. Chief Topher will want to kill you! I can feel it in my bones and I can't sit on my hands doing nothing.""Chief Topher may try to end my life but he cannot do it openly or cause us to lose this war. The battlefield is dangerous. I cannot risk your life!" "Daegal—" "This is the end of this conversation. You will stay here, Naomi."He didn't give her a chance to argue anymore before he ma
Chaos From The Moon Take me with you
"Shh, beloved. You will not blame yourself.""Please, please don't let her be hurt. I only asked for her to be kept in the dungeon because doing otherwise would require explanations that I don't think we're ready to grant just yet," Naomi said as she broke away from their hug.Daegal agreed, "You have my word. As you have commanded it, so it shall be."Naomi mustered up a smile in response."Shall I have food brought for you?" he asked.Naomi shook her head 'no'. "I don't think I can keep anything down for now. Can you just hold me till I fall asleep?""Of course, my love." Daegal misted their clothes, leaving them only in their small clothes.When they climbed into bed together, Daegal scooped her into his arms and pressed two kisses on the top of her head.After a while, Daegal broke the silence in the room when he noticed that Naomi's breathing hadn't evened out. "What are you thinking about, love?""A lot of things. My mind is just all over the place," came her response."Name one
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A slow week had passed since Daegal locked Naomi in the castle for her safety.However, she saw it as a slight. One that she wasn’t going to take. She had spent most of the week in the gardens and library, focusing on the magic coursing through her being and trying to find a way to break the barrier that Daegal had set up around her.She couldn’t leave the walls of the castle, not even to go to the dragon arena. The third day after Daegal left, she hoped that the magic would have worn down but she was disappointed instead.Vivid nightmares plagued Naomi each night. They always consisted of the same thing: Daegal being killed in battle by the machinations of Chief Topher or Nezetta.As much as she believed in Daegal’s fighting skills and magic, it didn’t stop her from being scared.When she had tried to tactfully order some of the mages that were left behind, to bring down the barrier, they refused and when she had asked for their reason, they had informed her that the emperor’s orders
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"First of all, ow! Secondly, let go. Geez," Naomi said. Azriel stared at her for some seconds before he dropped her hand.She rubbed her sore wrist then whipped her head up to meet his violet eyes. "What do you think I'm doing here, huh?" Naomi glowered at him."Directly disobeying your emperor, I presume?" Az responded cooly as he crossed his arms against his chest."Oh fuck that," Naomi answered sharply.Azriel blinked once, then twice. Silence reigned for a moment then out of the blues, he burst into a fit of laughter.Naomi stumbled back a bit, startled by his outburst."You are very lucky that the archers all around know who you are because you would have been dead right now," he said between chuckles."Yeah, I kind of figured that out when I felt a hundred watchful gazes drilling into my back," Naomi replied."Two hundred," Azriel clarified.Naomi's eyes widened as she turned her head around but still couldn't pinpoint anyone exactly.Azriel took off her bag and then slung an ar
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