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Chapter 17 - A Devoted Apprentice

"Say. My. Name." Each word dripped with venom.

Bruno's throat worked. The word scraped out like a confession. "My Lord Dain-Dainthi!"

"There now," Dainthi murmured, his voice softening into something almost kind as he turned back toward the funeral cortege. The shift was seamless—the predatory glint in his eyes melting into boyish concern, his posture slumping into the weary hunch of a devoted apprentice. "Master? You look pale. Shall I fetch your medicine?" The words dripped with false sincerity, so perfect it was chilling.

Bruno shook his head, jaw clenched.

"Fine." Dainthi's voice dropped back into its true register—smooth, edged with command. "Now go. Retrieve that scroll, and remember its words like a hymn to your dying breath." 

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