[Selene’s POV]I stood in the dead center of the freezing Northern courtyard, completely surrounded by an army of people who wanted nothing more than to tear the flesh from my bones.But they did not move. They did not even dare to breathe too loudly.I held a simple, polished silver dining knife loosely in my hand, the sharp edge pressed gently against my own carotid artery. It was a pathetic, blunt little weapon, yet it was more powerful than the entire Northern Vanguard combined. With a single, sharp twitch of my wrist, I could end the life of the boy sleeping upstairs. I looked up at the stone balcony. King Cillian stood at the edge of the railing, his massive shoulders tense, his golden eyes burning with a desperate, helpless rage that sent a thrilling spike of power straight down my spine."Are you planning a little excavation, Warlord?" I asked, my voice carrying effortlessly through the dead silence.I watched the muscles in Cillian's jaw lock. The great Warlord of the North,
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