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Supreme Magistrate Haglath raised his gavel and swung it down at the bench.But it never hit.It stopped mere inches from the desk like it had hit something solid."One moment please," A voice called from among the old men on the benches. The voice sounded ancient, like the one speaking was barely healthy enough to get the words out."Elder Goman," Supreme Magistrate Haglath said, and his face showed his displeasure. "You have something to add?""Yes," Elder Goman said. "Let me just get to my feet. Please help me my dear."An incredibly beautiful woman – who couldn't have been older than twenty – rushed next a frail looking old man. His hair was thin, and grew in patchy white wisps. His beard was long and looked to have bits of food in it left over from breakfast – or possibly longer ago. His face looked like it had seen a thousand years pass. His eyelid drooped and his hand shook on the well-worn cane he was holding.It took almost ten seconds for the woman to help him to stand up. W
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Ethan struggled to his feet for the first time in almost two days. He heard the door behind him slam shut because the guard who released the straps hadn't stuck around to see what happened next.Ethan stretched all of his limbs to their utmost to work the kinks out after his long confinement. As he stretched, he noticed something very peculiar. His groin felt a little different. A quick peek showed he was back down to three testicles. The fourth one seemed to have disappeared since Beth died.*Are you ready for this?* Alana's voice rang out in his head. It was dripping with worry.*Ready as I'll ever be.* Ethan replied then put the missing testicle out of his mind. He had more pressing concerns right now, like preventing his imminent and gruesome death.The room He occupied was only about ten feet square. Behind him was a locked and barred door; in front of him was a large portcullis. Beyond the portcullis he could hear thousands of people all talking at once.Looking through the gaps
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Ethan pressed the attack.With his longer reach and incredibly fast spear tip, Ethan was able to keep the champion on the defensive. Every time the champion started an attack, Ethan would launch a fast and powerful lunge. Ethan even managed to hit the chain mail several times, but the tip just wouldn't penetrate it.*Turn it around.* Alana said telepathically after Ethan failed the third time to penetrate the champion's chain mail.*What?* Ethan asked.*Your spear, turn it around.* Alana repeated. *I specifically designed the spike at the back to penetrate chainmail. Use it.*Ethan stopped attacking for a moment to flip his spear around. As it turns out, the champion was just waiting for such an opening. The champion charged in and began to rain sword blows on Ethan almost faster than he could keep up. Ethan blocked them with his spear, and discovered that the shaft was almost impervious to cuts. The champion's sword hits barely nicked the wood.Thank God for Alana's enchanting skills
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Curiosity killed the Fey...* * *"I dreamed a dream in time gone by," Hailey sung under her breath as she scrubbed the floor. "When hope was high and life worth living."She pulled at the leather slave collar around her neck. No matter how she moved her head, it always seemed to dig into her chin or collarbone. She considered trying to get it off again, but didn't want to be caught trying.Again."I dreamed that love would never die," She continued singing quietly. "I dreamed that God would be forgiving."Bracing herself, she plunged the rag into the ice cold water to rinse it out. She winced, then started on the next section of floor. "Then I was young and unafraid, and dreams were made and used and wasted. There was no ransom to be paid, no song unsung, no wine untasted."Hailey felt a few tears collect at the corners of her eyes. This wasn't how her life was supposed to turn out. She was supposed to be at college, or starting her career, or maybe marrying and settling down. Anywhe
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"How DARE you treat her like that!" The dragon shouted as he placed himself between her and her owner - no, her former owner. She was momentarily confused. He almost looked like he was trying to protect her."I'm giving her to you," Her owner said. "A life for a life. My debt of honor is repaid so don't even think of trying to collect."A low growl escaped the dragon's throat and her former owner looked terrified. He backed up as fast as possible without losing face until he hit the doorway, then turned and fled the room. The dragon growled after him for several seconds while flexing his claws like he was itching to use them. Finally, it turned around to look at her.She flinched."Are you okay?" it asked. There was a surprising note of concern and care in its voice. Plus, now that he didn't look livid he seemed much more... human? Personable?"Um, yeah," Hailey replied."Don't worry, he's not as scary as he looks," A woman with flame red hair said."Well, sometimes his breath is," A
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The Herald broke the silence."Elder Goman is just through here," The Herald said indicating an ornate wooden door."Let's go." he said without meeting her gaze. The guilt rolling over their bond was so strong it was almost palpable, and it had that dark edge to it that just didn't feel natural.Come to think of it, she'd felt this darkness from him several times over the last week or two. It clung to his thoughts like ugly to a troll, but it was a subtle thing too; insidious, pernicious. There was no denying the darkness behind it though...Then the thought slipped from her mind.* * *Beth followed Ethan and Alana as they followed the herald to meet this Elder Goman person. Ever since the fight, the dark halo around Ethan's head had grown larger, thicker, and darker. It looked even more evil, if that was even possible.The creeping roots from the dark halo - which before had originally struggled to find purchase on his head - were now securely fastened and had started winding their
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Ethan jumped up from his seat. The darkness surged over his thoughts, making his temper rise along with the volume of his voice. "I don't want to fight Lord Delmar or the black dragon. I'm not... I'm just not strong enough.""Ethan—" Alana started to say."No," he said rather more loudly than he intended as darkness settled over his thoughts again. "Look, everyone seems to think I'm this great guy, but I'm not. I filet people alive when I lose my temper and there's a part of me that actually likes it. I am NOT your savior. I couldn't save Beth, I couldn't stop myself from trying to kill the Arena champion, and I certainly can't save a whole kingdom.""Ten," Elder Gomans said."What?""There are ten kingdoms you need to save," Elder Goman said."I can't do this okay!" Ethan nearly shouted. "I'm not your Jesus okay? I'm not your fucking messiah! I'm a broken wreck of a man who's barely holding it together."His anger abated only to be replaced with a black sense of despair. "I'm not fit
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"So it is his fault?" Elder Goman asked. There was no blame in his voice; he merely wanted to know the facts.Alana considered for a moment before nodding her head. "If he would've kept his cool, I think Beth would still be alive. I don't think it's really his fault; he certainly didn't mean to, but..."She couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence."What others do can hurt us; but what we do ourselves truly breaks us," Elder Goman said with a sigh."What do I do?" Alana asked. "He's such a good man and I don't want this to ruin him."Elder Goman leaned back in his chair and put his fingertips together. "It's easier to mend a broken egg than a broken heart. You didn't cause the damage, so you can't repair it.""I thought if I told him how I felt it might..." Alana blinked trying to hold the moisture at the corner of her eyes at bay. "I thought he might see that at least some of us knows he's a good guy."Elder Goman smiled kindly. "Believe it or not, I think it did help. I think h
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