The Mate Games
Lady Senna and the armored man flanked him like twin pillars of judgment, their expressions carved from ice.
“This is your final trial,” Lady Senna said. Her voice carried through the hollow space, echoing strangely off the stripped walls. It wasn’t loud — it didn’t need to be. It was heavy, each word falling like a stone into my gut. “It is not a test of skill. Or courage. Or power. It is a binding.”
My mouth tasted like ash. I tried to swallow, but it stuck in my throat.
“You will each step forward,” she went on, her eyes sweeping over us. “You will place your hand upon the book and speak your vow of loyalty. Of service. Of self. And this book will take your words and make them truth.”
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