The dead did not remain silent in the Shadow Kingdom.I learned that when Damon Blackthorn opened his eyes.I was kneeling beside Cassian when a sound came from behind me—a weak, ragged breath that did not belong to my husband. I turned so quickly that pain shot through my neck.Damon lay beneath the broken throne.His eyes were open.For one impossible second, I forgot everything he had done to me. I forgot the blade, the blood, the betrayal, and the years I had spent hating the man who had murdered me.Then I remembered the black fire consuming him.I remembered his final choice.I remembered the stillness when I had checked his pulse.I scrambled toward him.“Damon?”He tried to answer, but only a broken cough escaped him.Blood stained his lips.I stopped beside him, afraid to touch him, afraid that the moment I did, he would disappear again.“You’re alive.”“Unfortunately,” he rasped.I stared at him.He managed the faintest smile. “You look disappointed.”“You died.”“I noticed.
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