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und so hollow and devoid of humanity that t

forward, closing the distance until K

gs. Granite shredded the flesh off my face until the bone was bared to the wind. The freezing rapids pounded my body against riverbed boulders until not an inch of unb

oris leaned back, while several maids behind her cl

cking my eyes into Kristal's widening pupils,

shattered first, clutching her ears and wailing hyst

s before her daughters. "Elianna, you... you are exaggerating! Even if you suff

otted my death. Did you truly believe I climbed out of that aby

, lunging forward and tearing Be

" Beatrice kicked and shrieked like a banshee. "Mot

in upon the household, Deloris bolted out of her chair.

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per, blasting against the flagstones a fraction of an inch from Deloris's embroide

g backward with her hand

slow sip from my teacup. "The drake-hide lash in Sadie's hand knows no

wrists tightly around the rough trunk of the tree, stepped back t

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-clad back. The expensive fabric shredded insta

e let out a bloodcurdling shriek, her spin

K! W

ered from the cradle, the young girl could never endure such agony; within moments, her silk bac

ce, her nails digging into Vivian's arms. "Mother! Do

hing at the hem of her gown. "Lady Deloris! Look at this butchery! You are

g to murder the legitimate eldest heir is high treason against our Dragon Court. Even before the Lo

g Deloris was deliberately using my blade to exterminate her

die pressed two fingers to Beatrice's neck and turn

I ordered without lo

well water was dumped straight over Beatrice's head, soaking deep into her lacerated back.

r twitching frame. "Sixth Sister, your pampered

ate warning glare from the shadows, she clamped her bloody teeth shut, s

now that confessing means death, while refusing also means death. But do you honestly

ssy eyes wide with horror. "You..

hy wouldn't I dare flay you alive in thi

for another heartbeat, Beatrice let out a weak whimper, h

rvants-haul out the large copper cleansing vat from the storage vaults, fill it to

in moments, a waist-deep, wide copper vat was dragged beneath the oak and fil

Kristal, who was cowering beh

ter. It's