Where Ashes and Oaths Collide
Instead, his fingers found the buckles at his wrists.
The metal clattered as Luz pulled the bronze gauntlets off, one by one. He set them carefully on the barrel beside Amelia, the steel looking out of place against the weathered wood. His hands were large, calloused from years of sword work, the skin pale beneath the bronze plate of his forearms. On his left wrist, the frayed white ribbon was visible now– small, worn, and utterly out of place on a man who looked like a death walking. He stepped behind her, his presence looming and heavy. He hesitated for a fraction of a second before placing his hands on her shoulders. His thumbs found the knots in her muscles, pressing in with a firm, prac
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