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last update publish date: 2026-01-24 23:26:57

Edgar

They cleared the bodies first.

That was the order I gave, though my voice sounded distant to my own ears, like it belonged to someone watching this from far away. The marble floors of the great hall reemerged slowly beneath the blood, water sloshing in dull red streaks as servants worked with shaking hands. Nobles huddled in corners, stripped of their arrogance, wrapped in borrowed cloaks and shock.

My court had never looked small to me before.

Now they looked fragile.

I descended from th
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