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As Kory went down, he threw back his head and howled. The sound echoed through the room, spiraling throughout the house and outside to roll across the gardens. I am avenged! My love is safe! Panting, Trigg felt his entire world right itself. He had done what he had come to do. Seeing the flames had eaten through the ceiling onto the second floor, he hurried up the stairs. He dodged fighting men and shifters along the way, but he had no idea what was going on. He plowed through them all to get to Stormy. By the time he reached the room, the flames had burned through the walls to engulf the second floor. He searched for Stormy, but she wasn’t lying on the floor where she had been when he left. He darted around the room, finally finding her in the bathtub. She was partially submerged, a w
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