But I did have Primal blood in me.
Straightening slowly, I then took off for the gate, knowing there wasn’t that much time between patrols. Within minutes, the packed earth gave way to the crunch of gray grass, and then I was under the canopy of leaves the color of blood and no longer within view of the House of Haides.
And I was one obstacle closer to fulfilling my duty—my true destiny.
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