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He felt something warm and heavy on133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXXet5qEBT
his chest. At first, he was confused133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLc3URBYEZ0
because he thought that he had been killed, but he felt very much alive. He133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2es7irJAC
slowly opened his eyes, but promptly closed them again as the bright light133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV089w1PVov
blinded him. He stirred, but heavy hands kept him still.
“Your133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcfw7MwUlw
wounds haven’t fully healed.” The man said. “You need to lie still.” He133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhG8mh1rRCN
recognized the voice of Topal which meant he had to be back in the Capital.
“What133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93QU298Ztz
happened?” Vander groaned. He tried to sit up, but again Topal pushed him back133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQ61Ei3zTH
down.
“Don’t133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVKFIafXCn
worry about that now.” He scolded. “Rest and be well. There are plenty of133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkn2zX8Q0Ua
people who wish to see you.” Slowly nodding his head, Vander drifted off back133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DQeWRpcs7
to sleep.
Over133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwGwdjNNyh
the next few days, he heard many people entering and leaving the room he was133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JNZxj5Agi
staying in, but he didn’t hear anything that was being said. The only thing he133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6rWJO3l1G
noticed was when Shea came in to sleep on his bed. He could feel how worried133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVhJ4UXU5L
she had been and how excited she was that he was back. He held her close, not133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXWCT9UjWE
willing to be parted with her again. Alex came to visit him on the fourth day133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJkxmYO0S4
to tell him what had happened.
“We133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5vZzRuKUf
came back as quickly as we could.” Alex sat in the chair; his hands clasped133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFl7Snyx6k
together. Since arriving he hadn’t looked his friend in the eye, not once.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWvIA03Wqc
“After I explained what happened, the Commander came as well. He was worried133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQRmxtMoM3
for you and when he saw you lying on the ground near death, he was beside133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0tZVSfifX
himself. He wouldn’t stop until you could be seen by Topal.”
“What133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSATdbWyGKx
about Eve and Jogun?” Vander asked. “Where they found?”
“No,”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHS87jUJfh
Alex shook his head. “They were gone along with twenty other Serpents, but133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyL2DjSPTBS
because of you we have vital intel about where they have been hiding out. The133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHEkjuLSMt
army has been dispatched to hunt them down.”
“That’s133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZT7bUW7se
a relief.” Vander sighed.
“It’s133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64XA6aN08f
in the hands of the council now. They will decide on our next steps.” Before133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGzEAtGz03
Vander could say anything, there was a knock on the door. Alex stood as Cuvera133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0bnHEHyDd
walked in with Kiara right behind her.
“My133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSW4fodhUi
prince.” Vander went to sit up, but Cuvera shook his head.
“Stay,133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe51DtZfQLu
as far as I’m concerned, you’re a hero and I should be bowing to you.” Cuvera133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvB1dB4fR98
looked at Alex. “Do you mind if we have the room?”
“Certainly.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqojwrSnXP
Alex bowed his head and shuffled out. Kiara slowly closed the door behind him.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AViiacOZ7
They waited a couple of moments to make sure they were truly alone before he133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9YSGKif7c
sat down in the chair.
“Thanks133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6jY4btMbX
to you, my Queen has returned.” Cuvera smiled. “If there is anything in the133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwikDmysbCF
country you would like, it is yours for the asking. My family owes you an133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjoWtfvxEy
enormous debt.”
Vander133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspwFVXrvUl
took a few minutes to ponder if before shaking his head. “Nothing comes to133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd04rF6ZFI
mind. Can I think about it for a bit?” Cuvera nodded his head. He opened his133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAILB46dAbo
mouth to speak again but closed it shortly after. Vander could tell that his133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BjEbzc4ib
friend was fighting biting back his anger, but he didn’t know why.
“Perhaps133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zkc3qJH7T
I should be the one to tell him.” Kiara placed her hand on her fiancé’s133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uo5HregtW
shoulder. He interlocked his fingers with hers but gave an apologetic smile.
“No,133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6sRbNeuTk
it’s better if it comes from me.” He took a deep breath. “Despite Peyton’s133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhx7E4FeQu9
betrayal there are still many on the council who blame you for what happened.133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhK1I7uG3F
They decided to keep you from the Blades since it was also one of your recruits133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHa6q4sXAJz
who betrayed us.”
“That’s133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73q8msHnRL
outrageous.” Alexander shouted. He came back in from the hallway angrier than133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhyChEc1BP
Vander had ever seen him. “He saved the Queen and ousted a traitor. What are133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SoI5TrIu8
they thinking?”
“Politicians rarely think, Alex.”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpCRwTA789
Cuvera said. “However, that decision ultimately rests in my hands, so I have133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLT7bq7aWO1
decided to ignore their judgement. Vander, this next part is for you to133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlV3q9Qootl
decide.”
“Yes?”
“I’m133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OEYeXY7hn
currently short a Commander, would you do me the honors?” Cuvera smiled down at133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22orBqOU5d
Vander, holding out his hand hoping his friend would accept. He didn’t even133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTEqGOzpiM
have to think twice. He took the hand and smiled.
“Yes,133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfD6DB6zvjf
my King.”
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A133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYH46etvAza
week later Vander stood in front of the mirror struggling to put on his133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x42GHBxY9
uniform. Today was the day he would be coronated as Blade Commander and he133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPakoTObUb
wanted to do it right. It had taken a long time for Topal to give permission133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaUaCw83qE
for Vander to walk around, but it would still take a few more months until he133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsughuD0Aup
was back to normal. However, a couple of things did change. His hair had gone133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPV8GK0dnHH
back to its normal color as the coming together of his demon and him changed it133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlIyTi8QAg
back. It showed that he fully accepted his abilities instead of finding them.
The133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyqhJVAXPd
other thing that changed came into the room and wrapped her arms around133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcaPaOFQTb
Vander’s shoulders placing a kiss on his cheek. “Have I thanked you today for133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAODugfN0YW
saving my life?” Eliza whispered in his ear.
“No,133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRGnw55vM4
but you can do so by helping me get dressed.” Vander said. “I have to be there133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoiHCppya9
soon and I’m nowhere near ready.”
When133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UwsuhK9pw
he awoke from his coma, he wasted no time marrying Eliza. Despite knowing each133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wXTKqs2Fr
other for only a little while, he couldn’t deny there was a connection between133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeAFQSAxKk
them that hadn’t existed with anyone else he had been with before. He had133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgM8GYzpKHy
nearly lost her once and he wasn’t willing to go through it again. Their133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9tGz3opyw
matching gold bands glinted as she fixed his baldric to his belt.
“Do133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3t0oSxd255
you still wish to go to the beach?” he asked her. Her golden eyes met his as he133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctM4qATmCq
saw her smile.
“Are133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lRqufVslJ
we going there soon?”
“After133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhoSbBRFfj
the ceremony.” Vander nodded. “I have a few months of vacation I have to take133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYgLfhum5J
to recover from my injuries. Alex, Chicken and Rooster will be busy reforming133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrDK21JLZT
the Blades in my absence, I just must get better.”
“I133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAZP30S1Uy
bought a new outfit I can’t wait to show you.” She teased him gently.
“One133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7m6ItuHgF
thing at a time.” He smiled. “Let’s get through this.”
Hand133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYd7Wvor1l
in hand, the two of them left the room and entered the throne room, which was133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CL9XgL6X5
filled with Blades and council members, many of which frowned at his entrance,133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5qjG9qxzd
but there wasn’t much they could do about it. This was Cuvera’s choice, it133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDECtmDYI7X
didn’t matter what they wanted.
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Warden’s had all gone home to their territories to begin the hunt for the133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeikaAGgNn
missing Serpents. No one would rest until they were caught and brought to133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn037kqIzjt
justice. No one kidnapped the queen and got away with it. The Cranton family133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF91fCJ7ObP
was also being investigated for their ties to the Black Order and Serpents, but133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2kpANsezx
nothing had come up yet. Cuvera wouldn’t rest until the matter was settled, but133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlFylzg5MW
that was for him to do.
Eliza133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60i08bvaem
walked over to stand by Alex and Shea who couldn’t hide their pride at Vander’s133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrXKdYjb4E
promotion.
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walked up to the center floor, just in front of Cuvera, then got down on one133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRi0gW5SmYN
knee and bowed his head. He heard the king remove a sword from his scabbard and133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSulXKUXr6N
hold it aloft.
“Do133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0cNxJjYWK
you, Vander, accept the title of Commander and everything that comes with it?”133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTVVf1Nqkt
Cuvera asked.
“I133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡie4NDl9z1Y
do.” He shouted back.
“Do133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx69BuKvuby
you swear to give your life for me and the citizens of this realm if I ask of133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4LqHMNJOC
it?”
“Only133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJwaAOlfOx
death will release me from my vow.” He responded.
“Then133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFyuFM913m
I name you Vander, my Blade Commander.” Cuvera said. “Please rise and accept133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9IgsV8zdF
this sword.” Vander stood then walked up to the platform as the crowd cheered,133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZ47NwN7NU
chanting his name. He accepted the sword that had been created for him. The133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BLGHUL6HI
scabbard had been painted to resemble a white wolf while the weapon was made133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJxfMYKVz8
from white titanium found deep within the northern mountains. It was sturdy and133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFfGAEUccs
resilient, just like him.
As133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFldSrTTVj
he looked over the gathered crowd, he knew the next few years would be133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbU13Efu08
challenging, but he would have to do his best to protect the people here from133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uknU9WZSn
the vision Humi had shown him. He still hadn’t told anyone, and he likely never133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDWZVq2YMO
would. This was his burden to bear and bear it he must. For he was the only one133Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEZFyPgtrs
capable of protecting them all.
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is, the Eluvian Blade.
and then Add to home screen.