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    It took courage not to recoil as the figure drifted close, its white shroud billowing like smoke to the night air as it stood before him. Kabru willed his hand to rise, his fingers brushing against the thing’s freezing cheek, just beneath the hollow where an eye ought to have been.

    “Are you hurt?” he whispered, breath caught in his lungs as the creature's lips curled.

    “Your hand trembles."

    Kabru offered a feeble smile. “So it does."

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    After preventing his own engagement party, Kabru is sent away by Milsiril to a secluded manor in the country, where he is meant to reflect on his defiance and, in time, resign himself to marriage. However, Bramblethorn does not rest quietly, and Kabru is not the only soul trapped there.

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