Ashes of Six
The taste of Nora’s fire still burned on my tongue when movement flickered at the edge of the chamber.
The mercenary commander, the one with the scar splitting his jaw, the stink of silver in his veins, lunged forward. His blade gleamed dragonsteel, angled for my throat.
Too slow.
My shadows lashed out before his feet even hit the marble, black fire laced with Nora’s heat, tearing from my chest. They wrapped him like a vice, burning through his armor, cracking bone with every squeeze. His scream echoed sharply, desperately, and then my claws were in his chest, ripping the heart clean from his body.
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