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"God of death…" Marie mumbled.
She was just next to me, hands on my chest- she was just there- so close.
I stared at her-
At her face-
And-
At her beauty. A smile. "I don't know if it'll change anything or not but I want to try this one last thing."
Just keeping my eyes open took almost all my damn focus and willpower. So, talking was making things even worse.
Yet- I still forced myself.
This was going to be the norm, so the least I could do was try to adjust.
Marie smiled. "You'll be fine."
Again-
Why did people have so much faith in me?
Did make me chuckle though.
Some rumble-
Noise- in the distance.
Lots of chatter.
'Though we're up this high?'
"Did something happen?" I asked the maid.
"One moment, my lord."
She went out- came back a minute later. "There's going to be an execution."
"Execution? On who's authority?"
