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more so.
It was meant to be her sacrifice. Her blood
shed to save them all. To let him claim it ...
She could. She must. With Erawan no
doubt unleashing himself on Terrasen, with
Maeve’s army likely to cause them untold
grief, she could let Dorian do this. She trusted
him.
Even if she might never forgive herself for
it.
Her debt, it was supposed to have been her
debt to pay. Perhaps the punishment for
failing to do so would be having to live with
herself. Having to live with all that had been
done to her these months, too.
The blackness of the subterranean river
pressed in, wrapped its arms around her and
squeezed.
Different from the blackness of the iron
box. The darkness she’d found inside herself.