Dianora was standing too near; the blood of the... Dianora was standing too near; the blood of the slain woman spattered thickly on her gown and faceShe stumbled backwardsA hideous illusion of reptilian creatures was coiling and twisting in the place where Isolla's head had been mashed to a formless, oozing pulp
There was screaming everywhere and a frenzied pandemonium as the court backed awayOne figure suddenly ran forwardStumbling, almost falling in its haste, the figure jerked out a swordThen awkwardly, with great clumsy two-handed slashes, Rhun the Fool began hacking at the dead body of the singer
His face was weirdly distorted with rage and revulsionFoam and mucus ran from his mouth and noseWith one savage butcher's blow he severed an arm from the woman's torsoSomething dark and green and blind appeared to undulate from the stump of Isolla's shoulder, leaving a trail
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"Stevan!" she heard Rhun cry brokenlyAnd amid nausea and chaos and terror, an overwhelming pity suddenly laid hard siege to her heartShe looked at the frantically laboring Fool, clad exactly like the King, bearing a King's swordSpittle flew from his mouth
"Music! Stevan! Music! Stevan!" Rhun shouted obsessively, and with each slurred, ferocious articulation of the words his slender, jeweled court sword went up and down, glinting brilliantly in the streaming light, hewing the dead body like meatHe lost his footing on the slippery floor and fell to his knees with the force of his own furyA grey thing with eyes on waving stalks appeared to attach itself like a bloodleech to his knee
"Music," Rhun said one last time, softly, with unexpected clarityThen the sword
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Dianora turned to BrandinThe King was motionless, standing exactly as he had been throughout, his hands relaxed at his sidesHe gazed at the appalling scene in front of him with a frightening detachment
"There is always a price," he said quietly, almost to himself, through the incessant screaming and tumult that filled the Audience ChamberDianora took one hesitant step towards him then, but he had already turned and, with d'Eymon quickly following, Brandin left the room through the door behind the dais
With his departure the slithering, oleaginous creatures immediately
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People were tripping and pushing each other in their frantic haste to quit the room now that the King was goneShe saw the soldiers hustling Camena di Chiara away through a side doorOther soldiers came forward with a sheet to cover Isolla's bodyThey had to move Rhun away to do it; he didn't seem to understand what was happeningHe was still weeping, his face grotesquely screwed up like a hurt child'sDianora moved a hand to wipe at her cheek and her fingers came away streaked with bloodThe soldiers placed the sheet over the singer's bodyOne of them gingerly picked up the arm Rhun had severed and pushed
gucci monogram wallet it under the sheet as wellDianora saw him do thatThere seemed to be blood all over her faceOn the very edge of losing all control she looked around for help, any kind of help
"Come, my lady," said a desperately needed voice that was somehow by her sideLet me take you back to the saishan
"Oh, Scelto," she whisperedPlease do that, Scelto
The news blazed through the dry tinder of the saishan setting it afire with rumor and fearAn assassination attempt from YgrathWith Chiaran participation
And it had very nearly succeeded
Scelto hustled Dianora down the corridor to her rooms and with a bristling protectiveness slammed the door on the nervous, fluttering crowd that clung and hovered in the hallway like so many silk-clad mothsMurmuring continuously he undressed and washed her, and then wrapped her carefully into her warmest
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