❛IF THEY CANNOT SURVIVE, LET THEM DIE❜

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𝐄 𝐏 𝐈 𝐆 𝐑 𝐀 𝐏 𝐇

DIVINITY will stain your fingers and mouth like Pomegranate,

It will swallow you whole and spit you out,
wine dark and wanting.

. . . . [ GREEDY human fingers clutching at everything you can reach ]

I feel DIVINITY in my bones. It aches like FIRE

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𝐒 𝐘 𝐍 𝐎 𝐏 𝐒 𝐈 𝐒

❛I OFFERED YOU PEACE, I SHOWED YOU MERCY.❜

❛YOU TAUGHT ME CRUELTY, AND CALLED IT BENEVOLENCE.❜

The OLD GODS did not give privy to those whom paid their debts, no more than the SAINTS heeded the fervent prayers for an end to the bloodshed.

VASILY knows this, for he has seen it himself. There was no mercy to be found in this world. Greed was what destroyed Al-Mirtha and saw to its destruction. With the hounds of WAR sounding at every corner of the world, Death would come for them all.

The KORISOVO KING sits on his throne as the dead remain restless and the a kingdom of corpses is built from the shallow graves and dunes.

Inspired by a longing for justice, there is no end that VASILY will go through to see to the death of a king. He would see the world reborn, or he would see it burned to the ground.

"THIS IS WHAT THEY WILL REMEMBER YOU FOR, VOLKA. THAT YOU WERE A MONSTER, BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BAD THING."

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𝐀 𝐔 𝐓 𝐇 𝐎 𝐑 ' 𝐒 𝐍 𝐎 𝐓 𝐄

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THESE CROOKED TEETH, is a labor of love. It is something I have been working on for several years now and after much debating - mostly internalized - I've finally decided to share it with the rest of the world. This is a work of fiction so all characters, situations, organizations and likewise are no way reflective of the real world.

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That aside, thank you for giving this story a chance. Enjoy!

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𝐂 𝐎 𝐏 𝐘 𝐑 𝐈 𝐆 𝐇 𝐓

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