“Chadstone, no!” What had she done? She’d flung the crystal - she’d known it would hurt him, but she hadn’t thought it would --
“You did what you had to do,” he said. His smile was faint, tired.
The creature uncoiled and reared up. In one of its spidery hands it clutched a sheet of crystal that glittered with runes, runes bright as rainbows and shifting, alive. “We can erase you!”
Chadstone’s eyes slipped closed. He said, “I hope all memories of me are erased.” His head tipped back, and Dakshana watched the last breath slip past his lips.
The creature roared.
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