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their defenses entirely. And even a shape-
shifter in the form of a wyvern armed with
poisoned spikes could not take them all down.
Even a general-prince with an ancient
sword and Fae instincts could not slice
through their necks fast enough.
In the chaos, no one noticed that the Fire-
Bringer did not appear. That not an ember of
her flame glowed in the screaming night.
Then the foot soldiers reached them.
And that cobbled-together army began to
sunder.
The right flank broke first. A Valg prince
unleashed his power, men lying dead in his
wake. It took Ilias of the Silent Assassins
sneaking behind enemy lines to decapitate
him for the slaughter to staunch.
The Bane’s center lines held, yet they lost
yard after yard to claws and fangs and sword
and shield. So many of the enemy that the Fae