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as a shovel to peel the stone out.
    Aznim ran to stop him, but every Jorcossi still standing jumped in his way, pushing him back. She waited for a few moments while the big creature dug, making sure the smaller ones had forgotten about her.
    The white cloak she was wearing made being stealthy difficult, but everyone seemed to be too caught up in their own fights to see her rush to the big one the second he got the stone free.
    Audrey grabbed it out of the container, her hands closing around the ghostly glowing stone.
    In a heartbeat, it felt like she had no heart at all. Audrey's conscious mind struggled to keep itself intact, losing track of who or where she was. Her hand shook, her fingers closing around the stone desperately as her entire being quaked down to her soul.
    She thought she felt the Jorcossi claw at her, but she felt like she was above it all.
    For a long moment, and she couldn't explain it in any way, it felt like she didn't exist. There was no her to speak of, no sense of self.
    Then, as suddenly as it had disappeared, the world returned with a rush and such power surged through Audrey that she gasped in surprise. She raised her eyes to the Jorcossi trying to rip her cloak to pieces, to peel the flesh off her fingers, and kicked him so hard the creature flew ten feet before slamming against a wall.
    As the power coursing through her veins began to overwhelm her, burying her under it, Audrey could hear running, coming closer from the end of the hallway. The last thing she saw was a man unlike any other she'd ever seen, running towards her at the head of the paladins.
    The world was cloudy, but she saw him clearly.
    Palians were naturally thin and pale, but the paladins were anything but. Audrey's eyes focused on their leader, unable to tear her gaze away. Everything about him was demanding her attention, her interest, her trust.
    He was tall and powerful, built as strong and mighty as the mountain around them. His dark black hair was cut short, leaving the hard lines of his face bare for her to see. Eyes the color of darkest hazel stared right at her. The look in them took the last of her breath away.
    Pelar was right when she said I'd recognize him.
    The stone dropped from her hands.

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    Tieran
    T he Terran female was holding the lifestone.
    Her gaze spoke louder than any voice Tieran had ever heard. The look in her beautiful green eyes was terrible to behold. They were filled to the brink with the power the stone instilled in her, the mineral itself reflecting its sparkle on the surface of her eyes.
    She was a vision.
    Standing there, bathed in the gentle light of the lifestone, Audrey Price looked divine. Not only breathtakingly beautiful – although he couldn't deny she was – but infinitely powerful as well.
    Her long silver-blonde hair reminded him of daylight shining through snow and ice, the smile on her lips making his heart beat faster than it had been when he was fighting the mech-Fearless.
    Beautiful.
    All of that passed through Tieran's mind without him ever stopping. The second he saw the governor holding the stone, he ran. Paying no attention to the Jorcossi, he dashed to her, knowing he had seconds to save her life.
    But even his best speed wasn't enough. Audrey's eyes opened in terror as the stone's power threatened to undo her, but the enemy came to her aid. The big Jorcossi splitter knocked into her and the stone fell from her limp hand as she fell.
    Tieran caught her in his arms. His entire body shook in the shock of the lifestone's energy leaving her. The impact knocked her out and she lay lifeless in his hands. Even like that, inches from death, she was the most gorgeous being he'd ever seen.
    Yet Audrey – along with everyone else – was still in terrible danger.
    Tieran laid her down as softly as he could and turned around. The sight that greeted him nearly stopped his heart.
    The smaller Jorcossi were still around, cut to pieces mercilessly by his paladins. The little spawn couldn't