Neris's POV"Kneel."The word doesn't come through my ears. It lands inside my chest, right where Lucien's ash is splitting, and my legs answer before I can.My knees hit the stone of the war room steps. I grab the railing, but my hands are already sliding. From the courtyard below comes a sound I'll never forget, hundreds of bodies going down at once.Cassian drops to one knee in the doorway behind me, his sword clattering from his fingers, his jaw locked so hard the muscle jumps. Evren is beside him with both palms flat on the flagstones, shaking with the effort of not putting his forehead there too. Lucien has fallen to both knees with his eyes squeezed shut."Neris," Cassian grits out. "Don't let it..."In the meadow, the sixty four sleepwalkers kneel in perfect rows, hands on their thighs, faces serene. Hesper's river riders collapse around the water barrels like cut wheat. Petra is on her knees at the gate with her hands pressed over her ears.Neris. My wolf's voice is a thread.
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