Satan's Gambit (The Barrier War Book 3) - Plot & Excerpts
If we stand upon their corpses, we must pay for our own. - Violet Paladin Gareth Baradin, “A Life of Sacrifice” (602 AM) - 1 - Hoil slid down the crystalline wall and slumped to the ground. The strength in his legs had finally given way to despair, and he allowed himself a moment of physical discomfort before his emotions swelled and swallowed him once more. “I can’t find her,” he murmured. “She must know I’m here. Why hasn’t she come to me yet?” His legs splayed out in the hallway before him, and for the first time since the birth of his son, Hoil wished desperately for a flagon of strong spirits in which to drown himself. He usually managed to get himself drunk on the anniversary of Danner’s birth, but that was usually just a natural progression of slowly trying to drown out the mounting pain the day begat. Now he wanted to skip the intervening hours and drink himself straight into oblivion. It wasn’t enough to make me forget then, and it wouldn’t be enough now, he thought morosely.
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