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As Caden walked with Angus out of the throne room, he wondered if he was going to have to kill again. Captain Eduard’s words echoed in his mind.
There’s more to being a warrior than killing someone.
It was his duty to protect the Dominion Lord, true, but he felt more like an assassin than a soldier. Sneaking around and murdering people in the dark wasn’t what he had in mind when he’d become a Runesman.
Yet if he wasn’t willing to do it, someone else would. Someone else would gain the fame he sought for himself. Caden didn’t like feeling dirty, but he supposed the path to what he desired would require him to get his hands b****y on occasion. Once they had left the Coterie behind, Angus filled him in.
“The enemy Lord D’Lance mentioned is extremely dangerous, but you won’t be alone. W
