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Chapters (53)
  1. Map of Kingdom of Finfalla and Surrounding Area- Western Half
  2. Map of Kingdom of Finfalla and Surrounding Area - Eastern Half
  3. Map of Kingdom of Finfalla and Surrounding Area - Full Map
  4. Important Trigger Warning
  5. Prologue
  6. PART I
  7. One
  8. Two
  9. Three
  10. Four
  11. Five
  12. Six
  13. Seven
  14. Eight
  15. Nine
  16. Ten
  17. Eleven
  18. Twelve
  19. Interlude: The River of Life
  20. PART II
  21. Thirteen
  22. Fourteen
  23. Fifteen
  24. Sixteen
  25. Seventeen
  26. Eighteen
  27. Nineteen
  28. Interlude: Fallow Fields
  29. PART III
  30. Twenty
  31. Twenty-One
  32. Twenty-Two
  33. Twenty-Three
  34. Twenty-Four
  35. Twenty-Five
  36. Interlude: Of Man and Monster
  37. PART IV
  38. Twenty-Six
  39. Twenty-Seven
  40. Twenty-Eight
  41. Twenty-Nine
  42. Thirty
  43. Thirty-One
  44. Thirty-Two
  45. Thirty-Three
  46. Thirty-Four
  47. POSTLUDES
  48. Postlude 1: Lana Vica
  49. Postlude 2: Ludo Vica
  50. Postlude 3: Cainan
  51. Acknowledgments
  52. An excerpt from Heartsworn, Volume II in The Forsworn Oath, available for preorder now!
  53. PART I

“Then whut are ye sayin’?” Perfidy snapped, her patience running rather thin.

“I’m saying that we take a little bit of the godsblood and smear it on whatever bait you put in the traps.”

“Whut do ye mean, ‘take a little bit’? Steal it? Cuz ye’ve already made me play the fool once, an’ I’m not gunna—”

“Keep your knickers on, no one’s sayin’ to steal anythin’. All I’m sayin’ is that when we’re given our daily dose of godsblood later today, we both save a little to spice up our bait.”

“How do we do that? Jereb watches me like a hawk when I drink it.”

The dwarf grinned. “Hold a little in the side of your mouth and then get out of there as fast as possible. Once you’re out of sight, spit it into your cupped hand. I’ll do the same. Between us, we should have enough.”

“Won’ our strength go down if we don’ git the full dose o’ godsblood?”

“Course it will, but not by much. And if our plan works, you won’t have to worry about strength ever again, because you’ll be gettin’ daily power surges. We both will!” Gruff rubbed his stubby palms together greedily. “Now let’s head back before the others get suspicious.”

“Ye mean Jereb, don’ ye?”

“Aye. He’s taken a shine to you for some reason only the gods know.”

“Must be my natural charm.”

“Also, you have woman parts.”

“Whut? Whaddya mean by that?” Perfidy’s face felt hot.

“You see, when a man likes how a woman looks…”

“Shut yer overgrown bearded face right now. Jereb ain’t care a lick ’bout how I look.”

“Believe what you want.”

“I believe it cuz it’s as true as the sunrise.”

“Uh huh.”

“Can it.”

Gruff pretended to seal his lips as they made their way back to New Dawn.

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Perfidy could feel Jereb watching her as she pressed the golden vial to her lips. Gruff had already had his godsblood, and then immediately high-tailed it back into the woods. Not that anyone seemed to care what the dwarf did. They seemed happy just to be away from his general moodiness, which he wore like a second skin.

As planned, she swallowed most of it while holding back a little in her cheek, using her tongue to prevent it from sliding down her throat. It made speaking difficult, so she said as little as possible. “Forgot sumthin’, gotta head back into the woods fer a minute.”

“What?” Jereb said, but she was already walking away. “What about training?”

“Later!” she called.