The big man swayed, pressing hands to his head as he stared at the dying horse and at the contaminated griffin as a miasma crawled through it. He lurched toward the griffin, wrapped his arms around its head, and said in a low, harsh voice, “Find peace, loyal beast.”

He broke Hale’s neck with a single sharp snap.

Cado cast a javelin at him, but he caught it and flung it back so hard it hit Cado in the head broadside and sent him tumbling.

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Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest, Chapter 12