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sending her sprawling.
Fenrys barked again, frantic and raging.
But Cairn was there, gripping her hair so
tightly her eyes watered, and she cried out
once more as he dragged her across the floor
toward that great, burning brazier.
He hauled her up by her hair and shoved
her masked face forward. “Let’s see how you
mock me now.”
The heat instantly singed her, the flames
licking so close to her skin. Oh gods, oh gods,
the heat of it—
The mask warmed on her face, the chains
along her body with it.
Despite herself, her plans, she shoved back,
but Cairn held her firm. Pushed her toward the
fire as her body strained, fighting for any
pocket of cool air.
“I’m going to melt your face so badly even
the healers won’t be able to fix you,” he