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Chapter Fifty-Five

"It-it will cost...my life..."

Aiden sank to the ground, his sole leg buckling like sodden paper beneath him. He reached blindly to touch the large paw of the hound who moved to his side curiously, shuddering at the cold feel of the claws.

"Babi cares not for you. But for the power your body will have. The blood of a virgin, however soiled with the pestilence of life and excess, is rare and grand for any magic."

Aiden's head shot up, his eyes wide in feigned indignity, his cheeks flushed. "Wha...?"

"Don't try and lie," Am-Heh's lip curled in contempt and Aiden drooped, nodding in beaten obedience. "It does not become you. You voiced your desire to die, I am giving you the chance to do it in glory. To do something that endears you to your fellow man and will hold sway in the beyond."

"I...suppose so," Aiden looked across at a growing shadow. The sound of dragging feet and grunts o

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