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Valerius sneered, his hand resting on a polished pommel that had never seen a real beast’s blood. "Just do what you’re conscripted for, savage. Hunt it, or I’ll feed you to it myself."

Jael moved through the chaos like a shadow. He didn't use a shield. He used his instinct. As a Reaper lunged, its mandibles dripping with caustic bile, Jael stepped inside its guard. He drove a bone-handled knife—a relic of his people—into the soft joint beneath its primary lung. AlisterHodge EmpireOfBloodAndSand PSFF Com epub

That night, under a sky of bruised purple, the attack came. It wasn't just a Reaper; it was a tide of them, their chitinous shells shimmering like obsidian. General Larika stood at the center of the line, her gold-engraved armor a beacon of defiance. Valerius sneered, his hand resting on a polished

"Hold the line!" she screamed, but her soldiers were already breaking. The Reapers didn't just kill; they tore, their movements fueled by an ancient, twisted sorcery. He didn't use a shield

The beast shrieked, a sound that vibrated in Jael's very marrow. But as it fell, he saw it: a treasonous knife, held by one of Larika’s own guards, rising toward the Princess-General’s back while she was occupied with a monster.

In that heartbeat, Jael had a choice. He could let the Empire’s heir fall and watch the world burn in the chaos that followed. Or he could save the woman who might actually be a worthy Queen, even if she wore the crown of his oppressors.