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Cassidy shook her head as she joined the Fields will need to be plowed, and crops will need to be sown—and the Queens need to affirm their bond to the land We need to make sure all the Queens kno to enrich the land, we need to confires—landen and Blood—have the plows and other tools they need for their farms and—”

“All right!” Shira said, laughing “All right Point taken We have plenty to do”

Cassidy looked at Shira and knew that, for a rowing out of the bodies of the dead

Then they both pushed that ie aside, and the three of theot on with the business of living

EBON ASKAVI

Saetan read the document carefully Then, assured that Powell had es he’d written on the draft, he set the docue blackwood table and vanished his half-lasses “We’ll make sure this is preserved A place will be set aside in the library for any other documents or work from Shalador Nehele that you want preserved outside of your land”

“Thank you,” Talon replied

Saetan studied the demon-dead Warlord Prince who had been a friend of Jared and Lia “This is hard for you”

“Yes, it’s hard Not so much that it happened, but the reason why it happened Makesfor these past three hundred years”

“I can tell you that,” Saetan said “You’ve been fighting for honor and to protect what you cherish”

“I failed hi this means I failed him”

“You don’t know that Until he steps up to the line and makes the choice to start a war, you don’t know that And if there is enough of Jared in him, he may surprise you”

“I served a Queen before I turned rogue She was the reason I turned rogue I never felt the pull with her that I feel with Cassie I don’t think I could turn away from Cassie, no matter what she did at this point”

“That bond can wane or break, like any other kind of love,” Saetan said Having faced the possibility of killing a son in order to save his Queen, he knehat Talon was feeling, but there wasn’t ive this man

“It’s too late in theback to Dena Nehele,” Saetan said “I’ll show you to a guest room where you can rest until sunset”

KAELEER

A sih Lord of Hell to Lord Khardeen, Lady Sabrina, and Prince Daemon Sadi It said:

Dena Nehele has broken Shalador Nehele rises with Cassidy as its Queen May the Darkness have mercy on them

TERREILLE

Theran read the document a second time, then stared at the man who had raised him and loved him—and was now an enemy

“Why?” He tossed the document on his desk “Hell’s fire, Talon,why? ”

“It’s clear enough,” Talon replied

“It’s not clear,” Theran snapped “Nothing is clear Youbroke Dena Nehele You broke the land that survived generations of twisted Queens and Dorothea SaDiablo’s hatred for the sake of a bitch who should be leaving instead of trying to take control”

“I could say the saet to callshed”

Sick, scared, and furious, Theran clenched his teeth to avoid saying anything more Talonwould shed blood Even his