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Fainy turned burning red when a hoot went up from everybody at the table. The ImperialOrder is the Pon Q’tar’s military arm. The remains of a wild boar—its half-eaten body nowcrawling with hungry flies and wriggling maggots—lay skewered over a long-dead campfire. Alec's towsled black hair was against her cheek.

Then he dashed into his clothes and stood looking out the window combing the water out of his hair. The crowd immediately let go a collective gasp. ”Suddenly an even greater sense of panic overtook the helpless captive. “You have come for me,” the prince answered, “and you have stolen the Paragon.