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32 - Mine to Protect

Author: Grace Kara
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-03 17:54:09

Ezekiel didn’t pause. Rasmus was still collapsing, his life gushing out onto the flagstones, when the King turned to the other two.

They had just managed to overwhelm Jax, one holding him while the other raised a sword for a final blow. They froze, their faces masks of pure, incredulous terror.

Ezekiel was on them in a single, silent bound. He moved through them like a reaper through wheat. A flash of black claws, a choked scream. The man holding the sword dropped it, clutching at his stomach as his own intestines spilled out onto the ground. The other, who had been holding Jax, turned to run. He didn't make it two steps.

Ezekiel was behind him, his arm snaking around the man’s head, and with a sharp, brutal twist, he snapped his neck. The crack echoed in the sudden, ringing silence of the courtyard.

It was over in less than five seconds.

The courtyard, which moments before had been filled with the sounds of struggle, was now utterly, deathly silent. Jax was on his knees, panting
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