THE HALF BLOOD'S CURSE
"Scream as if I am dead."
I screamed. The sound ripped through the forest, a raw, animalistic cry of grief, rage, and profound loss. I screamed until my throat was raw, until my lungs burned, and then I screamed some more.
The Council arrived, drawn by the sound. The old man led them, his white eyes gleaming, his gray skin stretched taut over ancient bones.
"The half-blood has done it," he declared. "She has killed the pureblood."
He approached Niklas's still form. "Finally," he murmured. "After all these years, the Vollbrecht line is—"
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