In the string of time, I'm a bow. Crossing over and forming the knots most needed to hold the chaos at bay. Which is the only enjoyment I receive out of life now, knowing that everyone is quite well aware that at any moment…

I can come undone.

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Gnarled Pine Hollow's consort holds the last Barrington, the key force to fight the evil threatening to end the ruling families. At twenty years younger, the latest harem addition throws an unexpected kink in Strauss' plans. The master corrupts her chastity, transforming it into a cutlass to carve out the souls of his enemies. He thirsts for revenge, but will he care who is annihilated on the warpath to destroy the city?