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surface, tearing the freezing water

powerful strokes cutting throug

head falling back as if consc

around my waist, his heat burning th

oiling temperatur

ssing against my back as he hauled me to

he surface in a sp

until my head rested on the jagged she

g the keep to the lake, the thunder of

had emptied t

of the Bradford Pack ground to a halt,

the lead coa

n ermine, her daughter Isabela trailing closely be

rated look of panic, but her

her mouth with a lace handker

r her daughter. "Trying to drown herself on the Dowag

r fingers twitching

waterlogged, bloated corpse d

escended from his carriage, his d

was black

as Dowager Cindi Bradford, her breath coming in rag

the guards shout

ropes were hurle

ice around his forearm, and held me hig

d with a final, roaring effort, he hau

g from his leather tunic, his breath bi

forming a tight circle around us, their torches

pulling Isabela with her, her voic

at has happened? Your Grac

for the sight of the deformed, sw

hair plastered across my face, my lips t

even shake the i

hands shaking violently as he reached dow

cheek, he froze, a violent shudder

casting their unforgiving