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Two armed guards approached swiftly and grabbed Adi by the elbows. They pulled her to her feet as if she weighed nothing. This was it, then. After everything she’d been through, this was how she would die.
As she hung motionless between the two large warriors, the queen regarded her thoughtfully.
“You know, Adi, you have impressed me. I’m inclined to—”
Then everything happened really quickly. Florice twisted towards one of the guards and grabbed a spear off him. He turned back towards Adi and the queen, his wide-open eyes crazed with rage and pain. Adi had no clue if he meant to throw the weapon at her or the queen. Either way, his arm drew back, and the spear came flying towards them.
Adi couldn’t move, frozen to the spot in shock. Her eyes tracked the path of the sharp object fly
