There, across the Knife River, the golden ranks of the Highland army stretched along the banks, unaware that the ships on the seaward side of the city were trained on them. xxx sex I have formally offered clemency to all hybrids of Alkandra, as well as full citizenship. Do you believe in destiny?”
“I know you don’t!” I snapped, unable to overcome my whorish moans with my anger. When we parted, we slid our hands into each other’s hair, and looked into each other’s eyes. Thousands of faces moved from Yavara, to me, and back, uncertainty and vexation writ across all their expressions. She tried to hide it, but you could see it pretty easily. The marshlands are choked with them, the Rift is heaped with them, Alkandra rains their ash, and Bentius is painted with their blood! “How… about… how about you just surrender the Highlands right now, and skip a step?”
“I’ve beaten her in court before!” I growled, and even as I said it, I realized how feeble a claim it was. I was coming. She stared at me with blazing orange eyes from behind a curtain of disheveled black hair.
