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nly now
understanding.
"I am to be your sacrifice. I am to die, so that my people may live. If I do
not give myself to you without question, my people will suffer your wrath."
It was said not in the tone of a girl, but in the slow measured speech
patterns of an adult - the tone of blind obedience to an ancient custom,
followed for reasons long misunderstood.
The dragon nodded slowly. "And did they also tell you exactly what will
happen to you, once I accept you as my sacrifice?"
This question shocked the girl noticeably. Aliksandr knew that they hadn't,
because they had no idea what happened. The dragon, reached down with a
claw, trailing it down Azumi's leg to the chain around Azumi's ankle, causing the girl
to shiver and wince. His claw left a faint red line down Azumi's leg as a
remembrance. He then slipped his claw into a link of the chain, and
shattered it easily, allowing the girl to take Azumi's foot out of the bond.
The girl still stood there, silent, as Aliksandr repeated the process on Azumi's
other leg, leaving another red line, this time a little darker, down Azumi's leg.
The girl didn't pull away this time, however, which caused Aliksandr to
smile inwardly. He popped a link on the other c
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