Chapter 12
Streets of BedlamThe knife entered Loras's back, just below his left shoulder blade, and he let out a high-pitched shriek, his body arching back as the muscles around the blade went into spasm. It felt like fire. Like a white-hot needle had punched deep inside of him, it drove the air from his lungs in a scream that echoed along the Bolt. His legs gave way, and he felt consciousness wavering. Stones and dirt rattled from the cliff-sides as if the mountain itself had shaken when the blow struck, and he was vaguely aware of the ground flying up to meet him as his body fell. Darkness tried to envelop him, and he fought against it, his vision wavering and blurred, he was aware he had been injured and his attacker must be close, but it was no good, consciousness slipped away.
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