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The Altundral Princess

Chapter 18

Beven's point of view

With an empty heart, I step inside the room and walk over to her lifeless body; I can't stop the tears that fall she can't be dead; she just can't be.

My steps echo in the bare room; it seems to take me forever to reach her, my heart fills with dread the closer I get to her. Deliah's pale skin is now deathly white, with a shaking hand I reach over to take hold of her hand. Her skin is icy cold to the touch; there is no sign of life. I lean