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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (part 3)
Ky took a deep breath, hesitating a long, long moment. He was probably right. This was the man who had personally gone up against Aleth and won. And he had ...
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
"It's okay." Ky shook herself, forcing herself to take a deep breath and snap out of it. "I shouldn't have..." Trauma-dumped. "It's fine. I've known for more than a year. ...
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
(haha they really are) She shook her head, focusing on the table. "No... he tried to bring my papa to his house, to prove to me he knew who my ...
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
She nodded. Then the guilt wrapped around her gut, snaking through her tight chest again. "Yes," she murmured, voice barely audible. She was the reason he was dead now. He'd ...
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"I wasn't very good at it, either," she admitted with a smile. "Everyone else did enough that they could go to the next town over and sell things and make ...
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Ky smiled, thinking about her home. "Amazing." It hit her a moment later. The homesickness. The fact that it'd been stripped from her. That she could never go back. She ...
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
"The South," Ky murmured, welcoming the distraction and hoping Loquitur did, too. "In a tiny, tiny township by the Coast. With my Papa."
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
Ky nodded. She stepped back and sank down in the chair next to him, opposite Sera. What else was there to talk about? The subject of the war seemed fraught ...
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
“Yes—“ she caught herself before she said it again. It was reflexive at this point. “Yes sir” “No sir” indications of her understanding of their wishes and intention to obey. ...
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
She nodded, then realized he couldn’t see her. She looked at her hand uncertainly, not sure if it was helping or making things worse. “Yes, sir.”
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
Ky nodded shakily, pushing herself to her feet. They had all just been through hell and come out the other side. Then she shook her head. She shouldn’t be accepting ...
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
Ky took a few shaky breaths, the adrenaline starting to wear off. She was safe. They were safe. Everything was safe… hopefully. She looked up as they were finally alone, ...
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
(Ayeee! We love to see it xD) Relief washed across Ky. She didn’t even know what to do with herself at that point. So she sank to the ground and ...
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
Ky squeaked in terror, staring at Ash with wide eyes. “I think… I will make things worse if I talk.” She subconsciously shifted her weight so she was standing directly ...
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Re: Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (cont'd)
“It happened because of me. I’m sorry!” Ky scrubbed her eyes, talking with her palms pressed against her eyes. “I cracked, and I shouldn’t have. And I went outside and ...
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