Ryker jolted awake, the metallic taste of blood lingering in his mouth. Darkness surrounded him, the oppressive weight of earth and rock pressing in from all sides. As his senses slowly returned, the sharp pain of his injuries flooded his awareness. He remembered the betrayal—the cold steel piercing his heart, the faces of his supposed allies twisted in malice. He had died. Yet here he was, alive and breathing.
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Ascendant System
Fantasie · Walid_Alkayed
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