Dragoncrest Cliffs hold on to the sky

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It is over before he can take another breath. She has denied him, and her reputation is forever sealed in his heart. Fool. You utter fool. She might forget this day, soon enough, but there will come a night where she regrets it. She will see it flash before her eyes in her final moments; whether it is he that stops her heart or someone else, she will remember him.
She will rue this encounter.
I have ears, Eurycrates says to her big lackey, fixing his gilded stare on the brute's face for a long moment before turning to the commander. Pity we see things differently. He licks his lips but says nothing more, turning and padding away, gait stiff and quick. He will not give her the satisfaction of seeing his rage. That will come later.
He bypasses the sound for now, but picks his way down to the beach once the sun has set, lingering in the shadows.

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