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Once! "Your pet's ain, Omort Shut-her-up!"

"I think you're not committed to this cause!" Omort snapped "Perhaps I should withhold the morsus to spur you on"

Sabine's eyes narrowed The cha me with that, and you will not like the outcome"

"You dare-"

Four fire demons traced in front of the dais, just to her side The court fell silent in shock

The demons were beaten, bloody, and handless Pinned to the shirt collar of one was a folded note stamped with an N in a black wax seal

Nïx The Valkyrie had sent the them powerless

Omort stormed down the steps to the it open As he read, a vein bulged in his forehead "That bitch! She'll knorath and will learn to fear it!" he yelled, cruo for her myself!" In an instant, O around the charred re the paper to read:

Dear puss,

Is this all you've got? Why don't you strap on your big girl panties and come face me yourself? Unless you fear that the Nixanatar will spank Omort's wittle bottom

By the way, you've taken one of theto want hi it,

N&iu, Soothsayer Without Equal,

General of the New Army of Vertas

Sabine whistled out a surprised breath The Valkyrie truly was crazed

Then she frowned Can't break hiain, was there a time limit? Style points?

And as this Army of Vertas? Sabine had heard ruether- the Lykae, the Forbearers, the noble fey, the House of Witches, a mix of Demonarchies, and many more Had they all struck an alliance?

Perhaps they were using this letter to lure Omort into a trap Sabine knew the other side had mystickal prisons, entire islands that were inescapable Could they capture the deathless one?

Sabine stared at the script, her thoughts racing

"Bring e demon!" Omort commanded 'I'll send Rydstrom's arms back to the Valkyrie!"

"No!" Sabine cried, her heart in her throat Oenerate the limbs, but the pain"You will not-"

The sudden hit took her across the face, blood spray­ing out from her mouth over the marble

Hettiah had attacked her? That cold, pure fury Sabine kneell swept through her Then came the bile, the nausea, that could only be allayed with violence Self-preservation, survival

A red haze covered her vision; Sabine spat more blood as Hettiah's friends surrounded her