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  1. Public Bookmark 30

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    “But my brother’s just a baby!”

    The Water God demanded a sacrifice. And the one he’d chosen as his ‘bride’ was none other than Shi Wudu’s infant brother.

    “He has been chosen,” the priest explained. “But the Water God has no taste for infants; in ten years, he’ll demand his bride.”

    “Ten years…” Shi Wudu repeated thoughtfully.

    There would be no escaping this. Even with a ten year reprieve, they couldn’t run, couldn’t hide. The kingdom existed only as long as the Water God was appeased—now that the bride had been chosen, the palace would have people watching them. And even if they could flee from their mortal watchers, the Water God had marked his bride and would be able to find him anywhere. The child was now his.

    But because the kingdom existed if the Water God was appeased, the family of the sacrifice would receive royal favor; Shi Wudu’s life would be one of riches and ease and all he had to do was throw his brother into the ocean.

    Could he sacrifice his little brother?

    No.

    But could he sacrifice someone else?

    He had ten years to find a perfect substitute.

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    There was a way. He Xuan inhaled shakily, though he didn’t need to breathe. He nodded, once. “Tell me.”

    “A flower,” Hua Cheng said. “Eternal Blooming Blood Camellia. Rare enough, but if someone of your rank is looking, you’ll find it without much trouble.”

    “And it will make them—”

    Hua Cheng held up a finger, an obnoxious be-quiet gesture, but He Xuan listened. He needed to know.

    “When ingested by an immortal, the flower grants that immortal the power to share the gift of immortality with another. There’s a bit of a process. Harvest the flower together. They eat the petals. Then it’s a simple blood-letting, blood-drinking ritual. Nothing too involved.”

    He Xuan is going to be undead forever, but Shi Qingxuan only has a short, mortal lifespan left. Facing this fact, He Xuan has no choice but to confront his feelings for Shi Qingxuan, and to try and mend things between them while there's still time.

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    Instant karma is a bitch.

    Or: When Xie Lian tells him who the Earth Master really is, Shi Qingxuan realizes the implications of "Ming Yi's" behavior, and makes a different choice.

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  4. Public Bookmark 29

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    Getting between Shi Qingxuan’s legs should feel like another tally scratched into the stone walls that house his rage, his need for retribution. It doesn’t.

    He Xuan wants it to feel like revenge, like a debt on its way to being paid. Mostly it just feels like something holy.

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  5. Public Bookmark 52

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    The Wind Master is lovely in many ways and He Xuan desperately wishes to be blind to his radiance.

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