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Mallory held her breath. Without saying a word, Eranan dropped hissword to fall facedown, dead where he lay. She prayed that they werealive, and helping to turn the tide. But as he came up, the consul producedanother dagger from inside the folds of his severed robe and thrust its blade straight towardTristan’s neck.

So manyazure bolts were raining down that they seemed to crowd out the sky, and they thundered into t Precious minutes ticked by. The privateer questioningly raised her eyebrows. Some grew to astounding size before blossoming withleaves and fruit, while the ground surrounding them literally burst open to accommodate theirhugely expanding root systems.