"Theos." I whimpered. "You're scaring me."

He didn't answer, instead closing the space between our pained bodies, eliminating the fire but not killing the flame.
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My eyes were open, but all that lay before me was darkness.

My heart jolted like a broken pendulum, slamming against it's cage of bone, stuttering at the realization that I couldn't see. I slowly raised a shaky hand to my face.

I saw nothing. No hand, no nothing.

I was blinded. I was a failed lab experiment. 


THE FALL OF ARTEMIS

EPILOGUE

**ARTEMIS**
The night of the Altum ball...
The car ground to a halt before the packhouse. An orange light grew from within the immense stone building. Colossal white pillars confined the amber glow, silhouettes of finely dressed ladies and their male counterparts held strong against the light.
I ...

**ARTEMIS**
The night of the Altum ball...

The car ground to a halt before the packhouse. An orange light grew from within the immense stone building. Colossal white pillars confined the amber glow, silhouettes of finely dressed ladies and their male counterparts held strong against the light. 

I ...

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