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Surprised? You only asked for an epilogue but because of how much I love you all I thought I'd release the small plot bunny that has been living rent free in the back corner of my mind. Granted it's only small with several holes but I hope to make a story out of it, an epilogue wouldn't do justice after all.

Granted, if and when Leigh releases the dreaded Six of Crows three it will definitely not follow this storyline and I will most definitely keep it here as well as write another following her version of events.

If you have any ideas do suggest them as in the end this is an entire book and I am only a very stressed Year 11 finding ease with the fandom and will probably need a little help.

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𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖁𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖘 is known to many. And is known by many names. There's the Vampiress of course, Miss Dawn, Ambrosia, Ambrose, Kaz Brekker's killing Queen and Queen of the Barrel. Although, not many know her name.

𝕾𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖊𝖉 of her? You should be. Or you will be when your life is in her sharp razored hands.

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𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓚𝓪𝔃,

𝓗𝓪𝓼 𝓲𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷'𝓽 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓮? 𝓜𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓘 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓿𝓮? 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓸𝓯 𝓪 𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓹𝓾𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾. 𝓐𝓵𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱, 𝓲𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓫𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓾𝓶 𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓭𝓻𝓾𝓷𝓴𝓮𝓷 𝓡𝓪𝓿𝓴𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝓫𝓲𝔃𝓪𝓻𝓻𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓮 𝓭𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓻𝓾𝓶. 𝓘'𝓶 𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓘'𝓿𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓴𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓶𝔂 𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓲𝓯 𝓘'𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓽.

𝓝𝓸𝔀, 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓲𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓼𝓴 𝓶𝓮 "𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓫𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼?" 𝓪𝓼 𝓲𝓯 𝓘'𝓶 𝓼𝓪𝓽 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓼𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓲𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓸𝓯𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓮, 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓪 𝓵𝓸𝓽 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝔀𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓼𝓪𝔀 𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻. 𝓣𝔀𝓸 𝓶𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓱𝓼 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓪 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷.

𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝔀𝓪𝓵𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓚𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓱 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓯𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓽𝔂, 𝓷𝓮𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓘. 𝓘 𝓯𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓶𝓪 𝓾𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓴 𝓾𝓼 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓹𝓪'𝓼 𝓫𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓸𝓸...𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓼𝓱. 𝓓𝓲𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓾𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓲𝓽 𝓸𝓫𝓿𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓵𝔂.

𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝔀𝓪𝔂. 𝓓𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝔂𝓪𝔀𝓷, 𝓘 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓘'𝓶 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓮.

𝓜𝔂 𝔀𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓘 𝓼𝓪𝔀 𝓲𝓽, 𝓘 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓫𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓻𝓾𝓫𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓼. 𝓛𝓪𝓬𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓫𝓾𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓫𝔀𝓮𝓫𝓼, 𝓪𝓵𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓪𝓼 𝓲𝓯 𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓾𝓼𝓮𝓭. 𝓘𝓽 𝓯𝓮𝓵𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓼𝓸 𝓘 𝓭𝓲𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓴 𝓪𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓸𝔀. 𝓘 𝓼𝓾𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓶𝔂 𝓹𝓪 𝓾𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓽.

𝓘'𝓶 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓘 𝓻𝓾𝓷 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓲𝓶. 𝓐𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓮. 𝓘'𝓭 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓫𝓮 𝓫𝔂 𝓶𝔂 𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓲𝓯 𝓘 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓲𝓭.

𝓘 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾.

𝓓𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓵𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱.

𝓗𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷'𝓽 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮 𝓘 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽, 𝓘 𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓵𝔂 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓘'𝓶 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓭𝓻𝓾𝓷𝓴 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓘 𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓸 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓪𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽.

𝓘 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓮𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓘 𝓰𝓸 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓘'𝓵𝓵 𝓻𝓮𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰.

𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼,

𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓠𝓾𝓮𝓮𝓷.

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Ambrose,

I didn't laugh. You're growing softer. Maybe two months out of the Barrel is too long. Come home.

K. Brekker.

P.S - if you ever come in proximity of him come home, I can only protect you so much from here. Keep writing.

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You cannot cheat death. You are in a constant race with it. You cannot cheat, only prolong the race by speeding up. But death is always faster, death will always win. Death will catch up on you.

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